PROFESSOR GIL TROY
Department of History
McGill University
Leacock 628
Montreal, QC H3A 2T7
E-Mail: gil.troy@mcgill.ca
PHONE:(514) 398-3898 FAX: (514) 937-1267
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Harvard University History June, 1988
A.M. Harvard University History November, 1984
A.B. Harvard College History Magna Cum Laude June 1983
BOOKS
Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons
(Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000), expanded edition, paperback, of
Affairs of State.
Affairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the Presidential Couple Since World
War II, (New York: The Free Press, 1997).
See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate,
expanded edition, paperback (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996).
See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate
(New York: The Free Press, 1991) based on dissertation, "See How They Run:
The Changing Presidential Candidate, 1840-1912."
HONORS AND AWARDS
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grant for $57,000, 1994-1997; for $44,000, 1998-2001
McGill University Research Development Fund, for $3,500 1997
Moody Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, 1987, 1994
Gerald Ford Foundation Grant, 1990, 1994
Research Grant, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 1987, 1993
Humanities Research Grant, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University, 1993
Beeke-Levy Research Fellowship, Roosevelt Institute, 1990
Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities, 1987-1988
US Department of Education Jacob Javits Fellowship, 1986-1988
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Merit Fellow, 1986-1987
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Massachusetts, 1983
John Harvard Scholar for Highest Academic Achievement, 1981-83
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
McGill University, 1990-present
Professor of History, Promoted to Full Professor 1999
Chair, Department of History, June 1997 to July 1998 Supervised merger of Classics and History Departments Spearheaded campaigns to improve teaching, enhance camaraderie
Associate Professor, 1995-1999; Assistant Professor, 1990-1995
Undergraduate lecture courses included "U.S. Since 1865," "Social and Economic history, 1800-1877," "The New Nation, 1800-1850," and "History of Presidential Campaigns."
Received Student Evaluation of 4.6 (5.0 maximum).
Graduate teaching included a seminar and orals preparation.
Harvard University, Lecturer on History and Literature, Sept., 1988-June, 1990
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Ronald Reagan," 6000 word entry in Alan Brinkley, ed., The Reader's Companion to the American Presidency (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000).
"Prosperity Doesn't Age Well," New York Times, 24 Sept. 1999, A27
"The Bad Boy Who Wants to Be President: George W. Bush," tompaine.com, 17 Aug. 1999.
"A Community of Mourning," (on the death of JFK, Jr.), Montreal Gazette, 20 July 1999, B3.
"Hillary's Useless Popularity," New York Post, 28 Apr. 1999, p. 37.
"Beyond the Caricature: JFK's Record Was More Complex than Ideologues Would Have Us Believe," Montreal Gazette, 30 Nov. 1998, B3.
"The Road Ahead" re Clinton," Montreal Gazette, 22 Aug. 1998, B3.
"Hurricane Paula Leaves Presidency in Tatters," 4 Apr. 1998, Montreal Gazette, "The Review," B1,2
"With Ike, Rumors Were Steamier than Facts," Washington Post Outlook, 1 Mar. 1998, C3.
"America's Good Father: Clinton Skillfully Peddled Fantasy of First Family as Moral Beacon -- Until Now," Montreal Gazette, 29 Jan. 1998, B3.
"Money and Politics: The Oldest Connection," Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1997, cover story, pp. 14-32.
"Lessons from Presidential Marriages," USA Weekend, 17-19 Jan. 1997, cover story, pp. 4-6.
"The Obvious Choice: Presidents On Election Day," George, Nov. 1996, p. 39.
"A History of the Republican Party," introductory essay, Encyclopedia of Political Parties, (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), pp. 1-63.
"Stumping in the Bookstores: A Literary History of the 1992 Presidential Campaign," Presidential Studies Quarterly, 25 (Fall, 1995), 697-710.
"'Such Insulting Trash and Triviality,' Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fala Speech Reconsidered," Canadian Review of American Studies, 25 (Fall, 1995), 45-72.
"What Has America Done to Deserve This," first chapter of See How They Ran reprinted in Lynn H. Nelson and William Young, Source Readings for American Government (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994), pp. 1-6.
"The Search for Virtue in the Presidential Campaign," conclusion of See How They Ran reprinted in George McKenna and Stanley
Feingold, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Political Issues, 9th ed. (Guilford, CT: Duskin Publishing Group, 1994), pp. 255-267.
"Election Practices in 1848," and "Election Practices in 1960," chapters in Running for President: The Candidates and their Images, 2 vols., edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), 1:185-204, 2:289-306.
"The Phantom Campaign Issue: U.S. Presidents and Trade Policy," chapter in A.R. Riggs and Thomas Velk, eds. All About NAFTA (Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 1993), pp. 77-84.
"Stars, Stripes, and Spots," Design Quarterly, Fall 1992, pp.2-11
REVIEWS
Edmund Morris, Dutch: A Memoir, Newsday, 13 Oct. 1999.
Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: The Life and Times of LBJ, Journal of American History, Sept. 1999.
George Stephanopoulos, All too Human, Montreal Gazette, 28 Mar.1999.
"JFK: Celebrity-in-Chief or Commander-in-Chief," review essay, John Hellman, The Kennedy Obsession, and Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, for Reviews in American History, 26 (Sept. 1998):630-636.
Seymour M. Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot, Montreal Gazette, Nov. 29, 1997, J1-J2.
Edith Kurzweil, ed., A Partisan Century: Political Writings from Partisan Review, reviewed for H-Pol, Computer Network for Political Historians, Dec. 1997, 4 pps.
Lewis Gould, ed., American First Ladies: Their Lives and their Legacy, reviewed for H-Pol, Dec. 1996, 3 pps.
Stephen Skowronek, The Politics Presidents Make, Journal of American History, 83 (Dec. 1996): 1003-1004.
Adam Garfinkle, Telltale Hearts: The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, Canadian Journal of History, 31 (Aug. 1996): 341-343.
Robert H. Ferrell, Choosing Truman: The Democratic Convention of 1944, Journal of American History 82 (Sept. 1995)
Thomas Bender, Intellect and Public Life, Canadian Review of American Studies, 24 (Winter 1994): 145-147.
Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl and Denise Scott, Money Talks: Corporate PACs and Political Influence, Journal of American History, 80 (Dec. 1993): 1170-1171.
"Bob Roberts," American Historical Review, 98 (Oct.1993): 1186-1188.
Donald W. Rogers, ed., Voting and the Spirit of American Democracy, Constitution Magazine, Fall, 1992, p. 78.
Robert J. Dinkin Campaigning in America: A History of Election Practices, for the Journal of American History 77 (Sept. 1990): 637-638.
PAPERS DELIVERED
"Image-Making Not Power-Sharing: How Activist First Ladies Threaten Modern Presidents," Organization of American Historians, Toronto, 24 Apr. 1999.
"Considering the Prime Minister and the Presidency," Center for the Study of the Presidency, Ottawa, 13 Oct. 1997.
"'Half Eleanor-Half Bess,': Barbara Bush as Co-President?," George Bush Presidential Conference, Hofstra University, New York, 18 Apr. 1997. Broadcast on C-Span, 23 May 1997.
"'It's Their Presidency': The Carters and the Problem of the Co-Presidency," Carter Presidency Conference, Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 22 Feb. 1997.
"An Acid Test for the Sixties: What Was the Most Popular Culture?" "Toward a History of the 1960s," Madison, Wisconsin, 1 May 1993 (co-author with Steve Greenberg).
"A Long-term Perspective on Campaign Documentation," Society of American Archivists, 17 September 1992.
"The 1972 Campaign in Retrospect: Meanings and Messages," Organization of American Historians, 3 April 1992.
"The Problem of the Presidential Campaign: Changing Technologies and Unchanging Attitudes?" Seminar, Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 21 October 1991.
"No Panacea: Radio and the Presidential Campaign, 1932-1944," Society for the History of Technology, 19 October 1990.
"The Traditionalist as Subversive: President Roosevelt Campaigns for the Presidency," Theodore Roosevelt Association, Hofstra University, 20 April 1990.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Manuscript Reviews for Journal of American History, Canadian Review of American Studies, The Free Press, Harvard University Press.
Regular "Monday Columnist" as the "resident philosopher" of CBC-TV "Midday" Show, 1998-present.
Member, Historians' Advisory Board, tompaine.com: A Journal of Common Sense, 1999-present.
Commentary on the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., July 1999, including co-anchoring the Memorial Service from the Toronto studios of CTV-1.
Commentary on the Clinton Crisis, 1998-1999, CBS-Radio, CBC Radio, "Time on Line," CBC Newsworld, Canada AM-CTV, CBC Nightwatch, "The Dini Petty Show," CTV News1.
Quoted in Chicago Tribune, Wall Stret Journal, Macleans, Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, Slate, Kansas City Star and elsewhere.
Participant, "Virtual Panel" on First Ladies with Professors Allida Black and James R. Ralph, Jr. posted on "H-Pol" Computer Network for Political Historians, Sept. 1997, 3 pps.
Consultant and Commentator, "Follow the Money," weekly PBS series on campaign finance hearings, Summer 1997.
Book Tour for Affairs of State, Jan.- June 1997: TV Appearances: NBC "Today" Show, CBS "Up to the Minute," MSNBC "Dayside," Fox News, National Empowerment TV "American Family." Radio Guest: "The Mary Matalin Show (Nationally on CBS), "Dick Cavett Show" (Nationally Syndicated), "Derek McGinty Show" WAMU (Washington, DC), "The Bill Mazer Show" WEVD (New Quoted by USA Today, the Associated Press, Knight-Ridder Guest Lecturer, Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 23 June 1997.
Guest Lecturer, National Archives, Washington DC, 9 June 1997.
Guest Lecturer, Middlebury College, 29 Oct. 1996
Democratic National Convention Commentary on MSNBC, 25 Aug. 1996
TV Guest, MSNBC, on presidential campaigning, 15 Aug. and 22 Aug., and 18 Sept. 1996.
Consultant, "Third Choice," 2-hour PBS-TV special on the history of third parties, broadcast, 23 Feb. 1996.
Consultant, "Vote for Me," 4 part, 5 hour PBS-Television Series Fall, 1996.
Member, Editorial Board, "H-Pol" Computer Network for Political Historians.
Panelist, "ThinkTank," "First Ladies in Historical Perspective," PBS-TV Syndicated Show, 14 May 1994.
Scholar in Residence, Rock Valley Community College, Rockford, Illinois, October 1-2, 1992.
Panelist, "Can Presidential Elections be Clean and Relevant?" National Press Foundation, broadcast on C-Span, 16 Jan. 1992
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