Ruthie O'Reilly

Dr Ruthie O'Reilly

Scholarly Teaching Fellow B

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


Ruthie O’Reilly is a Scholarly Teaching Fellow at The University of Adelaide. As a sociologist/criminologist, she utilises a multidisciplinary approach in her teaching methods and has taught across the disciplines of sociology, criminology, and gender studies. Ruthie has worked as a Research Associate (2014, 2015) specialising in interviewing participants on an ARC Linkage project but is now primarily focused on teaching criminology. She is particularly interested in critical, cultural, and green criminology. Specifically, some of her key research interests include: the commodification of crime; corruption and state crime; and the prison industrial complex. Ruthie is available to supervise Honours, Masters and PhD students interested in these areas of criminology.

Course Code Course Title URL
CRIM 2002 Culture, Communication and the Carnival of Crime Link
CRIM 1001 Understanding Criminology Link
CRIM 2001 Surveillance, Deviance and Crime Link
  • Position: Scholarly Teaching Fellow B
  • Phone: 83130050
  • Email: ruthie.oreilly@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor 1
  • Org Unit: School of Social Sciences

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