Richard J. Kilroy, Jr. is a retired Professor of Politics at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., where he taught courses in support of the B.A. in Intelligence and National Security Studies and B.A. in Political Science.  Prior to his arrival at CCU, Dr. Kilroy taught full-time at East Carolina University, Virginia Military Institute, and National Defense University.  He also worked as a Defense Contractor teaching courses for the U.S. Air Force’s Air War University and the U.S. Army’s Special Warfare Center and School. 

Before teaching full time, LTC Kilroy spent 23 years on active-duty military service in the U.S. Army as a Military Intelligence and Latin America Foreign Area Officer.  He attended the Mexican Army Escuela Superior de Guerra (ESG), while serving in the Defense Attaché office in Mexico City. He further served as a Political-Military Affairs officer in U.S. Southern Command, Panama as the Mexico Desk Officer and was selected to be a Special Assistant to Generals Barry McCaffrey and Wes Clark. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Dr. Kilroy has authored/edited seven books, to include: North American Regional Security: A Trilateral Framework? (Lynne Rienner 2012), and U.S.-Mexico Relations: Structuring Alternative Futures (Lynne Rienner 2024).  He currently resides in Charlottesville, VA, supporting UVA’s Center for Politics, teaching for UVA’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and serving on the Charlottesville Committee for Foreign Relations.

Contact at [email protected] or 540-784-8293.