Gil Troy, Ph.D. is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal. A native of Queens, New York, he received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.

His new book, Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s, was published in 2005 by Princeton University Press. He is also the author of See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate, Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons (an updated version of Affairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the Presidential Couple Since World War II) and Why I Am A Zionist, which will soon be released in its third printing.

He comments frequently about presidential politics on television and in print, with recently published articles, reviews and comments in, among others, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Montreal Gazette, The National Post, and the Wilson Quarterly. Recent television appearances include Election Night coverage on CTV News with Lloyd Robertson, and the PBS First Ladies' Special produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions.

His courses include "The United States Since 1865," "The United States Since 1965," "The History of Presidential Campaigning," and seminars on Ronald Reagan and on the Presidency. Maclean's Magazine has repeatedly designated him one of McGill's "Popular Profs."