Menu Close
Professor of English, University of Dayton

James P. Farrelly is a Professor of English and Director of Film Studies at the University of Dayton where he has taught for more than 30 years. His specialty is Irish literature and drama, but he also teaches courses in science fiction and modern fantasy, popular literature, and film and literature. He has a keen scholarly interest in the primal forms of storytelling — myth, folktales, and fairy tales — and in the roles they play in opening windows on the world for readers of all ages.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of English, University of Dayton