Wilfred Reilly is an American political scientist. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University within the School of Criminal Justice and Political Science. Reilly holds a Ph. D. in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a J.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Reilly is the author of Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War, Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About, and The $50,000,000 Question.

At Kentucky State University, Reilly’s research has mostly surrounded international relations and the prevention of war, modern American race relations, and the use of modern quantitative methods to test popularized, “sacred cow” theories such as the notion of white privilege. His work has been featured in a variety of outlets including Academic Questions, Commentary Magazine, Quillette, USA Today, and several other publications.