Robert E. Gilbert

Edward W. Brooke Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

319 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-2799
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
r.gilbert@neu.edu

Areas of Study

American Politics, Presidency, Parties and Elections, Media and Politics

The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death and Clinical Depression, Westport, Ct.: Praeger Publications, 2003.
Managing Crisis: Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. New York: Fordham University Press, 2000
The Mortal Presidency: Illness and Anguish in the White House, 2nd edition. New York: Fordham University Press, 1998
"Ronald Reagan's Presidency: The Effects of an Alcoholic Parent", Political Psychology, October, 2008.
"Eisenhower's Heart Attack: Medical Treatment, Political Effects and the 'Behind the Scenes' Leadership Style", Politics and the Life Sciences, March, 2008
"Personal Tragedy and Presidential Performance," Congress and the Presidency, Fall, 2006
"Psychological Illness in Presidents", Political Psycholgy, February 2006
"Coping with Presidential Disability: The Proposal for a standing Medical Commission," Politics and The Life Sciences, March, 2003
"The Twenty-Fifth Amendment", Presidential Studies Quarterly, December, 2003

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2008

Spring 2009

Fall 2007

Fall 2006