International Cultic Studies Association
Conferences

June 13-14, 2003,
 Orange, CA

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families

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Richard Abanes, Religion journalist and author of nearly a dozen books on cults and new religious movements

Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.  Professor of Education and Women Studies, Claremont Graduate University, CA

Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker in private practice, Washington, D.C.

Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., M.F.T., Marriage and family therapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Chanon Bloch, L.C.S.W., psychotherapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Harold Bussell, D.Div. Senior Pastor, El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA

Paul Carden, Executive Director, Centers for Apologetics Research, San Juan Capistrano, California

Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., School of Religion, University of Southern California

David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Mary Jo Cysewski, M.A., M.F.T., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, Beverly Hills, CA

Kathleen Danielsen, Software engineer, San Francisco, CA

Zixian Deng, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

Sarah Edmonds, Ph.D., Psychology Faculty, Northcentral University, Prescott, AZ

Vincent Egan, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Postgraduate Forensic Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University City Campus

Andrea Moore Emmett, Journalist, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Instituto Cristiano de Mexico, Mexico City

David Foy, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University

Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, FL

John Hochman, M.D.  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA

Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions, Torino, Italy

Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta

Fuzuki Kuroda, M.A., Clinical Psychologist, Graduate School of Sociology, Kansai University, Japan

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico

Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF; Editor, Cultic Studies Review

Lawrence Levy, Esq., Attorney in private practice, Sherman Oaks, CA

Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut

J. Anna Looney, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

Samuel Luo, San Francisco, CA

Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wycombe, and FAIR, England

Paul Martin, Ph.D., Director, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio

Cesar Mascarenas, M.D., Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Post-Graduate Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Psychology, University of Shizuoka, Japan

K. Gordon Neufeld, M.F.A., Freelance Writer, Calgary, Alberta

Raymond Paloutzian, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; Editor, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Anne M. Rivero, L.C.S.W., Psychiatric Social Worker, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California

Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City

Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A., Department of Sociology, Hokkaido University, Japan

Marina Sarran, Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz

Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California

Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Writer and former Editor, Gentle Spirit Magazine, Gig Harbor, WA

Scott Shaw, former Vineyard member, Chucamonga, CA

Israela Silberman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

Alexandra Stein, M.L.S., Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

Shingo Takahashi, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Toho University, Japan

Dennis Tourish, Ph.D., Department of Management, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California

Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California; psychotherapist in private practice, Encino, CA

Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University

International Cultic Studies Association
Conferences

June 13-14, 2003,
 Orange, CA

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families

Presenters

Conference Events

Facility Information

Fees

CE Credits

Ways to Register

Contribute

Use up arrow on right to return to top of page: ^

Presenters  

Richard Abanes, Religion journalist and author of nearly a dozen books on cults and new religious movements

Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.  Professor of Education and Women Studies, Claremont Graduate University, CA

Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker in private practice, Washington, D.C.

Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., M.F.T., Marriage and family therapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Chanon Bloch, L.C.S.W., psychotherapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Harold Bussell, D.Div. Senior Pastor, El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA

Paul Carden, Executive Director, Centers for Apologetics Research, San Juan Capistrano, California

Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., School of Religion, University of Southern California

David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Mary Jo Cysewski, M.A., M.F.T., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, Beverly Hills, CA

Kathleen Danielsen, Software engineer, San Francisco, CA

Zixian Deng, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

Sarah Edmonds, Ph.D., Psychology Faculty, Northcentral University, Prescott, AZ

Vincent Egan, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Postgraduate Forensic Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University City Campus

Andrea Moore Emmett, Journalist, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Instituto Cristiano de Mexico, Mexico City

David Foy, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University

Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, FL

John Hochman, M.D.  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA

Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions, Torino, Italy

Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta

Fuzuki Kuroda, M.A., Clinical Psychologist, Graduate School of Sociology, Kansai University, Japan

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico

Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF; Editor, Cultic Studies Review

Lawrence Levy, Esq., Attorney in private practice, Sherman Oaks, CA

Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut

J. Anna Looney, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

Samuel Luo, San Francisco, CA

Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wycombe, and FAIR, England

Paul Martin, Ph.D., Director, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio

Cesar Mascarenas, M.D., Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Post-Graduate Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Psychology, University of Shizuoka, Japan

K. Gordon Neufeld, M.F.A., Freelance Writer, Calgary, Alberta

Raymond Paloutzian, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; Editor, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Anne M. Rivero, L.C.S.W., Psychiatric Social Worker, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California

Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City

Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A., Department of Sociology, Hokkaido University, Japan

Marina Sarran, Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz

Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California

Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Writer and former Editor, Gentle Spirit Magazine, Gig Harbor, WA

Scott Shaw, former Vineyard member, Chucamonga, CA

Israela Silberman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

Alexandra Stein, M.L.S., Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

Shingo Takahashi, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Toho University, Japan

Dennis Tourish, Ph.D., Department of Management, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California

Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California; psychotherapist in private practice, Encino, CA

Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University

International Cultic Studies Association
Conferences

June 13-14, 2003,
 Orange, CA

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families

Presenters

Conference Events

Facility Information

Fees

CE Credits

Ways to Register

Contribute

Use up arrow on right to return to top of page: ^

Presenters  

Richard Abanes, Religion journalist and author of nearly a dozen books on cults and new religious movements

Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.  Professor of Education and Women Studies, Claremont Graduate University, CA

Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker in private practice, Washington, D.C.

Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., M.F.T., Marriage and family therapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Chanon Bloch, L.C.S.W., psychotherapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Harold Bussell, D.Div. Senior Pastor, El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA

Paul Carden, Executive Director, Centers for Apologetics Research, San Juan Capistrano, California

Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., School of Religion, University of Southern California

David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Mary Jo Cysewski, M.A., M.F.T., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, Beverly Hills, CA

Kathleen Danielsen, Software engineer, San Francisco, CA

Zixian Deng, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

Sarah Edmonds, Ph.D., Psychology Faculty, Northcentral University, Prescott, AZ

Vincent Egan, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Postgraduate Forensic Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University City Campus

Andrea Moore Emmett, Journalist, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Instituto Cristiano de Mexico, Mexico City

David Foy, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University

Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, FL

John Hochman, M.D.  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA

Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions, Torino, Italy

Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta

Fuzuki Kuroda, M.A., Clinical Psychologist, Graduate School of Sociology, Kansai University, Japan

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico

Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF; Editor, Cultic Studies Review

Lawrence Levy, Esq., Attorney in private practice, Sherman Oaks, CA

Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut

J. Anna Looney, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

Samuel Luo, San Francisco, CA

Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wycombe, and FAIR, England

Paul Martin, Ph.D., Director, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio

Cesar Mascarenas, M.D., Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Post-Graduate Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Psychology, University of Shizuoka, Japan

K. Gordon Neufeld, M.F.A., Freelance Writer, Calgary, Alberta

Raymond Paloutzian, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; Editor, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Anne M. Rivero, L.C.S.W., Psychiatric Social Worker, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California

Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City

Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A., Department of Sociology, Hokkaido University, Japan

Marina Sarran, Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz

Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California

Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Writer and former Editor, Gentle Spirit Magazine, Gig Harbor, WA

Scott Shaw, former Vineyard member, Chucamonga, CA

Israela Silberman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

Alexandra Stein, M.L.S., Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

Shingo Takahashi, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Toho University, Japan

Dennis Tourish, Ph.D., Department of Management, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California

Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California; psychotherapist in private practice, Encino, CA

Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University

International Cultic Studies Association
Conferences

June 13-14, 2003,
 Orange, CA

Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families

Presenters

Conference Events

Facility Information

Fees

CE Credits

Ways to Register

Contribute

Use up arrow on right to return to top of page: ^

Presenters  

Richard Abanes, Religion journalist and author of nearly a dozen books on cults and new religious movements

Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.  Professor of Education and Women Studies, Claremont Graduate University, CA

Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker in private practice, Washington, D.C.

Rachel Bernstein, MS.Ed., M.F.T., Marriage and family therapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Chanon Bloch, L.C.S.W., psychotherapist in private practice, Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Williams Boeri, Ph.D., Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Harold Bussell, D.Div. Senior Pastor, El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA

Paul Carden, Executive Director, Centers for Apologetics Research, San Juan Capistrano, California

Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., School of Religion, University of Southern California

David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Mary Jo Cysewski, M.A., M.F.T., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, Beverly Hills, CA

Kathleen Danielsen, Software engineer, San Francisco, CA

Zixian Deng, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

Sarah Edmonds, Ph.D., Psychology Faculty, Northcentral University, Prescott, AZ

Vincent Egan, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Postgraduate Forensic Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University City Campus

Andrea Moore Emmett, Journalist, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Instituto Cristiano de Mexico, Mexico City

David Foy, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University

Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, FL

John Hochman, M.D.  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA

Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions, Torino, Italy

Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta

Fuzuki Kuroda, M.A., Clinical Psychologist, Graduate School of Sociology, Kansai University, Japan

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico

Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF; Editor, Cultic Studies Review

Lawrence Levy, Esq., Attorney in private practice, Sherman Oaks, CA

Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut

J. Anna Looney, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

Samuel Luo, San Francisco, CA

Rod Marshall, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Wycombe, and FAIR, England

Paul Martin, Ph.D., Director, Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Albany, Ohio

Cesar Mascarenas, M.D., Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Post-Graduate Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Psychology, University of Shizuoka, Japan

K. Gordon Neufeld, M.F.A., Freelance Writer, Calgary, Alberta

Raymond Paloutzian, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; Editor, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Anne M. Rivero, L.C.S.W., Psychiatric Social Worker, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California

Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City

Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA

Yoshihide Sakurai, M.A., Department of Sociology, Hokkaido University, Japan

Marina Sarran, Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz

Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California

Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Writer and former Editor, Gentle Spirit Magazine, Gig Harbor, WA

Scott Shaw, former Vineyard member, Chucamonga, CA

Israela Silberman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

Alexandra Stein, M.L.S., Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

Shingo Takahashi, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Toho University, Japan

Dennis Tourish, Ph.D., Department of Management, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Jonibeth Whitney, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California

Doni Whitsett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California; psychotherapist in private practice, Encino, CA

Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University