Kara Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, a position held since September 2012. Prior to this role, Kara served as a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham from May 2007 to October 2012 and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Stanford University from August 2006 to January 2007. Educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism from the University of Washington, obtained from 2002 to 2006, and multiple Master's degrees in Performance Studies from New York University, completed in December 2000.