Neal R. McCrillis, PhD
Associate Professor
History (modern Europe, Great Britain, Ireland)
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About
Neal R. McCrillis is a cultural historian of early 20th century Britain who focuses on the public’s experience of and interaction with cultural, social, and political developments. In addition, McCrillis devoted nearly three decades to leading international education efforts at a liberal arts college, a master’s comprehensive university, and a Research I university. Most recently, from 2017 to 2025 McCrillis served as the University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) first Vice Provost for Global Engagement. In that role he was dedicated to fulfilling UIC’s global engagement vision “to serve the citizens of Chicago and the world by being an international leader in research, scholarship, and innovation, and by creating a globally connected campus community which supports faculty, staff and students as they address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.”
McCrillis held a number of professional leadership positions with NAFSA, the Association for International Education Administrators, the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, the Consortium for Belize Educational Cooperation (COBEC), and the University System of Georgia’s System Council for International Education. While leading Columbus State University’s international program, the campus was recognized by NAFSA with a Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization in 2014.
McCrillis received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from UIC. McCrillis is the author of The British Conservative Party in the Age of Universal Suffrage (Ohio State University Press, 1998). He is currently under contract with Boydell and Brewer to produce a book entitled The Great War and the Anglo-American Encounter: British Views of Americans at the Start of the American Century that explores British responses to the Americans serving in Britain or with British troops during the Great War.