Pat Reilly is an assistant professor in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division of University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. This is the link to his most up-to-date CV.
Pat is an organizational theorist and economic sociologist who studies work, creativity, and communities of practice using qualitative methodologies, though he also has worked with big data. His dissertation was participant-observation study of stand-up comics in Los Angeles, which covered 2010-2015. His current research investigates issues concerning the collaborative dynamics involved with creativity within the film and television industries. His work has appeared in American Sociological Review, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Discoveries. Furthermore, it has been highlighted as an “Editor’s Choice” in Science. Pat has extensive teaching experience, including instruction at the undergraduate and MBA-level. He has been awarded UBC Sauder CPA Teaching Award for excellence in graduate instruction and the UCLA University Teaching Award. He holds a PhD in sociology from UCLA.
Pat was born a Florida man, but he usually tells people he is from Georgia. He is an avid and long-suffering Jacksonville Jaguars fan. He enjoys crossword puzzles, and he obnoxiously takes great pride in his personal best times. He also collects sports cards, because a mid-life crisis for Pat involves regressing to being eight years-old. Pat is not as pensive as his photograph suggests, and he also has a moustache now.