Faculty & Research

Education:

• Ph.D. at Purdue University, 1987
• M.S. at Northern Illinois University, 1982
• B.A. at Northern Illinois University, 1971

Contact Information:

(812) 855-5209

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Poplars Building, 619

Background:

• Co-chair, 2007 ADEC Conference Planning Committee
• Member, Conference Planning Committee, NCFR, 2006-2008
• Visiting Professor, International Islamic University Malaysia, Summer 2006
• Fellow in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling, 2005-2006
• Member, International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement, 2002-present
• Board Member, Association for Death Education and Counseling, 2000-2003
• Board Member (1992-94) and Treasurer (1997-99), National Council on Family Relations
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA), Indiana University Bloomington, 1997
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1987-1988

Research:

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Bereavement; loss and grieving in the context of family; death of a child; infant and pregnancy loss; loss and meaning making; stress and resilience in the family.

Publications:

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2006). Annual edition: The family 06/07. Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill/Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Murray, C. I. & Gilbert, K. R. (2005). River of grief: Parents and siblings following child death, in Bengston, V. (Ed.) Sourcebook of family theory & research (pp.436-438). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Gilbert, K. R. (2005). When couples lose a child, in Catherall, D. R. (Ed.), Family stressors: Interventions for stress and trauma, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Gilbert, K. R. (2004). Death education on the "net": Development and delivery of "grief in a family context," in Cox, G. & Bendikson, R. (Eds.) Teaching the Sociology of dying and death (pp. 83-91), Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Gilbert, K. (2003). Death and dying. In Ponzetti, J. J. (Ed). International encyclopedia of marriage and family relationships, 2nd ed (pp. 390-394). New York, NY: Macmillan Reference, USA.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.) (2001). The emotional nature of qualitative research. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Gilbert, K. R., & Smart, L. S. (1992). Coping with infant or fetal loss: The couple's healing process. New York: Brunner/Mazel Pub. Co.

Gilbert, K. R. (2002). Taking a narrative approach to grief research: Finding meaning in stories. Death Studies, 26, 223-240.

Adams, R. A., Dollahite, D., Gilbert, K. R.,& Keim, R. (2001). The development of ethical guidelines and principles for the National Council on Family Relations. Family Relations, 50, 41-48.

Gilbert, K. R. (1996). 'We've had the same loss, why don't we have the same grief?' Loss and differential grief in families. Death Studies, 20, 269-283.

Courses Recently Taught:

HPER F258 Marriage and Family Interaction

HPER F557 Stress and Resilience in the Family

HPER F560/F460 Grief in a Family Context