Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Dept. of Applied Health Science
Indiana University

Kathleen Gilbert is an Associate Professor of Applied Health Science at Indiana University, where she teaches in the Human Development/Family Studies program.

Research / Teaching / Recent Publications / Contact Information

Current Research Projects

A list of my current projects can be reached via this link. Please contact me if you have interest in any of them.

Research Interests

• Grief and coping in families
• Perinatal loss and the couple's response
• Families, traumatic stress and coping
• Families and health
• Interpretive qualitative research methods
• Family diversity

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Teaching

Spring 2007 Teaching Schedule

• HPER F258, Marriage and Family Interaction
• HPER F557 Stress and Resilience in the Family

• HPER F258, Marriage and Family Interaction
• HPER F460/F560, Grief in a Family Context
• HPER F557, Stress and Resilience in the Family
• HPER F654, Conceptual Frameworks in HDFS

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Selected Publications

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (1995). Annual edition: Marriage and family 95/96. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Gilbert, K. R. (1995). Loss and grief in the family, in Day, R. D., Gilbert, K. R., Settles, B. H., & Burr, W. R., (Eds.), Research and theory in family science, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (1996). Annual edition: Marriage and family 96/97. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

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, 269-284.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (1997). Annual edition: Marriage and family 97/98. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc. .

Gilbert, K. R. (1997). Teaching on the Internet: the World Wide Web as a Course Delivery System, in Beginnings: Initial experiences in teaching via distance education, Indianapolis, IN: IPSE.

Gilbert, K. R. (1997). Couple coping with the death of a child, in C. R. Figley, N. Mazza, & B. Bride (Eds.), Death and trauma: The traumatology of surviving (pp. 101-122). Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (1998). Annual edition: Marriage and family 98/99. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Gilbert, K. R. (1998). Understanding the secondary traumatic stress of spouses, in C. R. Figley, (Ed.), Burnout in families: Secondary traumatic stress in everyday living (pp. 47-74). Boca Raton: St. Lucie Press.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (1999). Annual edition: Marriage and family 99/00. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2000). Annual edition: Marriage and family 00/01. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2001). Annual edition: The family 01/02. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

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

Gilbert, K. (2001). Introduction: Why are we interested in emotions? In K. Gilbert (Ed.), The emotional nature of qualitative research. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Gilbert, K. (2001). Collateral damage? Indirect exposure to emotions among students and staff. In K. Gilbert (Ed.), The emotional nature of qualitative research. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

 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. 1, 41-48.

Gilbert, K. R. (2001). Traumatic loss and the family. [On-line]. Available at http://www.familyresource.com/relationships/25/329.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2002). Annual edition: The family 02/03. Sluice Dock, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc

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

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2003). Annual edition: The family 03/04. Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill/Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

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

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2004). Annual edition: The family 04/05. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2005). Annual edition: The family 05/06. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.

Angermeier, L., Seabert, D., Gilbert, K.R., & Hirschmann, M. (2005). The mating game, Journal of School Health, 75, 35-37.

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. (2005). 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, American Sociological Association.

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

Gilbert, K. R. (Ed.), (2007). Annual edition: The family 07/08. Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill/Dushkin Pub. Group, Inc.  

Gilbert, K. R. (2007). Grief counseling with families: Meaning making in the family during the dying process. Doka, K. (Ed.). Living with grief before and after death. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.

Gilbert, K. R., & Murray, C. I. (2007). The family, larger systems, and death education. In Balk, D., et al. (Eds.). The handbook of thanatology. Northbrook, IL: Association for Death Education and Counseling.

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Contact information

Last updated 3/1/2007.