Conference: Understanding Cults and New Religious Movements -- Perspectives of Researchers, Professionals, Former Members, and Families October 17-18, 2003, Enfield, CT

Agenda Presenters Affiliations Presenters' Biographical Sketches

Time

Event

8:00 AM

Bookstore & Registration

9:00 PM

THURSDAY - SATURDAY

Room

Pre-Conference Workshops: Thursday, October 16 Room Key: BM = Bright Meadow Ballroom; RI = Rhode Island; MA = Massachusetts; S/L = Springfield/Longmeadow (second floor); Suf = Suffield (second floor); TBD = To be Determined Workshop for Former Group Members Carol Giambalvo & Joseph Kelly 10:00 5:00

RI

(Only ex-group members permitted in this workshop)

Workshop for Family Members MA Livia Bardin, M.S.W. & Patrick Ryan 12:00 – 1:00

Lunch Break

3:00 – 3:30

Break

5:00 – 6:00 6:00 -

BM

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

BM

Dinner

BM

7:00

Workshop for Mental Health Professionals 7:00 – 9:30

Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Coordinator; William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.; Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W. (Nonprofessionals may attend as observers)

MA

Special Session for People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups 7:00 – 9:00

Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Facilitator; Carol Giambalvo

RI

(Only ex-group members permitted in this session) 7:00 -

Evening Social - with cash bar

BM

11:00

Friday, October 17 9:00 9:30 9:30 10:30 10:30 – 11:00

Welcome RI/MA Herbert Rosedale, Esq.

Introduction to the Conference RI/MA Michael Langone, Ph.D.

Break Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part I

11:00 12:30

Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; Anuttama Dasa (Changes in ISKCON); Krishnakant Desai, M.A. (The Great Guru Hoax: Why ISKCON is Still A Cult); Discussants: Steven Gelberg; E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D.

RI

Cold Reading and the Cult Leader’s Mystique MA William Goldberg, M.S.W.

Canadian Researchers Present, Part I 11:00 – 12:30

Mike Kropveld, Coordinator; Adriana Pacheco (Child Abuse in the Breakaway Windsor, Quebec Baptist Church); James A. Beverley, Ph.D. (The Inner Teachings of Moon)

Advanced Communication for Families (for those who have completed AFF's Family Workshop)

S/L

Suf

Livia Bardin, M.S.W.; Patrick Ryan. 12:30 – 2:00 12:30 – 2:00

Lunch Break Luncheon Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones

BM

TBD

Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W. 2:00 – 3:30

Perspectives on Hare Krishna, Part II Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., Coordinator; E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D. (Changes in the ISKCON Social Milieu); Steven Gelberg (Leaving ISKCON); Discussants: Anuttama Dasa; Krishnakant Desai, M.A.

MA

Spanish Researchers Present – Part II Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator; Carmen Almendros (Perceived Psychological Abuse of Former Members of Diverse Cultic Groups: Assisted vs. Non-assisted by Cult Awareness Groups); Ferran Alonso (Legal Regulations and Police Responsibilities with Regard to Totalistic Groups); Jose Carrobles, Ph.D. (Update on Spanish Research with the Group Psychological Abuse Scale); Discussant: Ron Burks, Ph.D.

RI

Social Therapy Erika Van Meir, L.M.F.T.., Coordinator (Social Therapy: Reflections from a Former "Trainee"); Dennis King (Learning from LaRouche: A Brief History of Fred Newman's Copycat Cult); Marina Ortiz (Slave to a Dream: Inside the International Workers Party); Discussant: William Goldberg, M.S.W. 2:00 – 2:45 2:45 – 3:30 3:30 4:00

S/L

Finding a Therapist and Making Therapy Work Suf Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.; William Goldberg, M.S.W.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Cult Recovery Suf Daniel Shaw, C.S.W.

Break Spanish Researchers Present – Part I

4:00 5:30

Josep Jansa, M.D., Coordinator (Patients in the Barcelona Cult Clinic: Who are They?); Pere Cubero, M.D. (Paranoid Groups: An Approach to Understanding the Cult Phenomenon); Miguel Perlado (From Cults to Social Addictions: Looking for a New Paradigm)

RI

Twelve Tribes MA Rev. Robert Pardon; Discussant: James Beverley, Ph.D. 4:00 – 4:45 4:455:30

Attachment and Totalist Organizations S/L Alexandra Stein, M.L.S.

How To Investigate Cults: Paper Trailing and Cultivating Sources

S/L

Dennis King 5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

BM

6:00 – 7:00

Dinner

BM

Coping with Triggers 7:30 – 9:00

Joseph Kelly (Only ex-group members permitted in this session)

S/L

Canadian Researchers Present, Part II Mike Kropveld, Coordinator; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D. (Processes of Group Idealization That Lead to Dangerous Conduct); Marie-Andrée Pelland (Allegations of Violence Against Cultic Groups)

MA

NJ Kids Case: A Cult on Trial Philip Elberg, Esq.; Discussants: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M. 9:00 11:00

Evening Social - with cash bar

RI

BM

Saturday, October 18 Research from Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center Ron Burks, Ph.D. (Eyewitnesses to Evil, The Truth About Apostate's "Atrocity Tales"); Paul Martin, Ph.D.; Rod Marshall, Ph.D. 9:00 10:30

Polygamy in the Courts: Past and Present Implications on the Religious Landscape

RI

MA

Andrea Moore-Emmett; Discussant: Herbert Rosedale, Esq.

The Legion of Christ Jose Barba, Ph.D., Paul Lennon, S.T.L., M.A. & Juan Jose Vaca, M. Ed. Sc., M.Th., M.Ph. ; Discussant: Michael Langone, Ph.D. 10:30 11:00

S/L

Break Sociological Research

11:00 – 12:30

Stephen Kent, Ph.D. (Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First Generation “Cult” Members); Amy Siskind, Ph.D (Child-Rearing Practices in Five NRMs)

RI

Exit Counseling Case Study: Psychotherapy Group S/L Carol Diament; Patrick Ryan; Joseph Kelly 11:00 – 11:45 11:45 – 12:30 12:30 – 2:00 12:30 – 2:00

Why Attorneys Don't Want to Accept Cult-Related Litigation MA Peter Georgiades, Esq.

Cult-Related Litigation: Discussion MA Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

Lunch Break Luncheon Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W.; Dana Wehle, C.S.W.

BM

TBD

Conflicts Between Scholarship and Advocacy MA Herbert Rosedale, Esq.; Peter Georgiades, Esq.; Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

Strategic Interaction Approach: Case Studies 2:00 – 3:30

S/L Steven Hassan, M.A.

After the Cult: Who am I? Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Facilitator

Suf

(Only ex-group members permitted in this session) 2:00 – 2:45

International Churches of Christ and the Identity/Reality Model of Thought Reform

RI

David Anderson 2:45 – 3:30

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Predicament: The Issues, Deceits, and Truths Surrounding Falun Dafa and its Potential Benefit to Cult Victims

RI

Frank Tian Xie, Ph.D. 3:30 – 4:00

Break Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Harm: Practical Applications

4:005:30

Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Coordinator (Relative and Absolute Harms: Some Sociological Tensions); Nancy Ammerman, Ph.D. (Understanding New Religions: Sociological Lessons from the Field); Dick Anthony, Ph.D. (Psychological Consultation with Members, Ex-members and the Leadership of New Religions)

MA

Exit Counseling Case Study: Opus Dei S/L David Clark Dianne DiNicola; Tammy DiNicola

New Religious Movements in China Zixian Deng, Coordinator (The Emergence of NRMs in China: A Comparison of Organization Structures and their Interaction with Theology); Shen Zhenyu (Historical Review of the Growth of Falun Gong); Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D. (Using Group Counseling to Help Cult Victims); Wan Yan Hai (On Evil)

RI

5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Dinner Social – with cash bar

Suf

6:00 – 7:00

Dinner

S/L

7:30 – 9:00 9:00 – 11:00

Interreligious Responses to Cults RI/MA Rabbi A. James Rudin

Evening Social - with cash bar

S/L

Sunday, October 19 8:30 – 9:45

Optional Ex-Member Wrap Up

Suf

Presenters Listed below are first the presenters and their affiliations and then the presenters with one-paragraph biographical sketches, when available.

Presenters with Affiliations Carmen Almendros, Departameno de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Dr. Ferran Alonso, Caporal of Mossos d'Esquadra, Barcelona, Spain Nancy Ammerman, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University David Anderson, Author and Webmaster, RightCyberUp.org, New York, NY Dick Anthony, Ph.D., Richmond, CA Jose Barba, Ph.D., Researcher and Professor of Humanities, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker in private practice, Washington, D.C. Eileen Barker, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion, London School of Economics; Chairman of the Board of Governors and Founder, INFORM, London, England James A. Beverley, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Ethics, Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, Canada Ron Burks, Ph.D., Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D., Professor of Personality, Assessment and Treatment and Director of the Biological and Health Psychology Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Dianne Casoni, Ph.D., Professor, School of Criminology, University of Montreal David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant; AFF Video Education Committee Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Pere Cubero, M.D., Psychiatrist, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain Anuttama Dasa, National Director of Communications, ISKCON Communications Zixian Deng, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas Krishnakant Desai, M.A., ISKCON Revival Movement, Bangalore, India Carol Diament, Philadelphia, PA Dianne DiNicola, Executive Director, Opus Dei Awareness Network Tammy DiNicola, former numerary member of Opus Dei Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP, Psychologist and Co-director of RETIRN, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philip Elberg, Esq., Partner in the New Jersey law firm, Medvin & Elberg Andrea Moore Emmett, Writer and journalist/researcher, Salt Lake City, Utah Steven Gelberg, M.T.S., writer, fine-art photographer, former Director of Interreligious Affairs for ISKCON Peter Georgiades, Esq. Graystone Legal Associates, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA Carol Giambalvo, Director of Recovery Programs, AFF; Thought Reform Consultant, Flagler Beach, FL Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Director, Child & Adolescent Program, New Jersey Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Director, Community Support Center, Rockland County (NY) Department of Mental Health Steven Hassan, M.Ed., L.M.H.C., Cult Counselor; Director, Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Inc., Somerville, MA Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Psychotherapist, Littleton, Colorado Josep Jansà, M.D., Medical Coordinator, Assessment and Information on Cults, Barcelona, Spain Joseph Kelly, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA Stephen Kent, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta Dennis King, Writer and expert on extremist groups, New York, NY Mike Kropveld, Executive Director, Info-Cult, Montreal, Canada

Michael Langone, Ph.D., Executive Director, AFF; Editor, Cultic Studies Review Paul Lennon, M.A., Director, Regain Network. Ronald Loomis, Cult Educational Consultant, New London, Connecticut Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W., Director, Cult Hotline & Clinic, Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services, New York City 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 Marina Ortiz is editor of www.ex-iwp.org, a website which chronicles the origins and recent activities of the International Workers Party. Adriana Pacheco, Doctoral Student, Department of Criminology, University of Montreal. Rev. Robert Pardon, Director, New England Institute of Religious Research and Meadowhaven Transitional Home Marie-Andree Pelland, School of Criminology, University of Montreal Miguel Perlado, Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Assessment and Information on Cults, Barcelona, Spain E. Burke Rochford, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Middlebury College, VT Herbert Rosedale, Esq., President, AFF; Senior Counselor, Gilchrist & Jenkins Parker Chapin, New York City Rabbi A. James Rudin, DD., Senior Interreligious Adviser, The American Jewish Committee; Visiting Professor, Saint Leo University, Florida Patrick Ryan, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, PA Alan Scheflin, J.D., L.L.M., Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Law School, Santa Clara, California Daniel Shaw, C.S.W., Psychoanalyst in private practice, New York, NY Shen Zhenyu, Researcher, China Research Institution for Science and Technology Amy Siskind, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College Alexandra Stein, M.L.S., Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota Juan Jose Vaca, MS.Ed., M.Th, M.Ph., Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Sociology, Mercy College

Erika Van Meir, L.M.F.T., Psychotherapist in private practice, Atlanta, GA Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Psychology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing “Frank” Tian Xie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Marketing, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Presenters' Biographical Sketches Carmen Almendros is a doctoral student in the Clinical and Health Psychology Program at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has received a public research grant and teaches a postgraduate course in clinical psychology at the same university. Dr. Ferran Alonso is responsible for the totalistic groups unit of the Catalan police, Caporal of Mossos d'Esquadra. He has a doctorate in social psychology. Nancy Ammerman, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology of Religion at Boston University. She is the President-elect of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and has written extensively on American congregational life. Her earlier research on fundamentalist movements contributed to the ―Fundamentalism Project‖ of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was published in Bible Believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World. In 1993, she served on the review panel convened by the Departments of Justice and Treasury following the Branch Davidian disaster. David Anderson is the webmaster and author of RightCyberUp.org, a recovery website for former and current members of the International Churches of Christ (ICC). He also serves on the Board of Directors of Reveal (http://reveal.org), a San Francisco-based non-profit organization providing assistance and information to former ICC members. He holds a Psychology degree from the University of Minnesota, and works in New York for a digital media agency. Dick Anthony, Ph.D., a research and forensic psychologist, received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has served as an expert in many legal cases involving allegations of coercive organizational influence. While at the University of North Carolina Medical School, and later at the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union, his research on NRMs was funded by government agencies and philanthropic foundations. He has published many professional articles and co-edited several books on this topic. Jose Barba, Ph.D., Researcher and Professor of Humanities, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City. Livia Bardin, M.S.W., Therapist, Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Bardin specializes in cultrelated cases. A member of the Family Therapy Practice Academy of the Clinical Social Work Federation, she chairs AFF's Family Workshop Advisory Board and has presented AFFsponsored workshops for family and friends of cult members. Ms. Bardin has provided trainings on cult-related issues for mental health professionals in the Washington area and

is the author of Coping with Cult Involvement, a handbook for families and friends of cult members. ([email protected]) Eileen Barker, Ph.D., OBE, FBA is Professor of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. A former President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Barker has written or edited nine books and written over 200 articles and book chapters. Her books include New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction, and The Making of a Moonie: Brainwashing or Choice? She is the Founder and Chair of INFORM, a charity supported by the British Government and Mainline Churches which helps enquirers with information about new religions that is as objective and up-to-date as possible. James A. Beverley, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Ethics, Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, Canada, is the author of Nelson's Illustrated Guide to Religions (2004), Islamic Faith in America (Facts on Files 2002), Understanding Islam (Nelson 2001), and Holy Laughter & The Toronto Blessing (1995). He is also, Senior Editor, HarperCollins' Encyclopedia of Religions in Canada (projected 2004). A long time member of the New Religious Movements section of the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Beverley has taught in Africa and India. He was part of an international symposium with Muslim leaders in Lebanon and Syria in April 2002 and interviewed the Dalai Lama in August 2000. Ron Burks, Ph.D. holds an M. Div. and an M. A. in counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary and a Ph. D. in Counselor Education from Ohio University. His dissertation is entitled, ―Cognitive Impairment in Thought Reform Environments.‖ He is licensed in Ohio as a Professional Clinical Counselor and has worked at Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center in Albany, OH, since 1993, researching the emotional aftereffects of cults and counseling ex-cultists with the psychological and spiritual issues of recovery. Dr. Burks was involved in the Fort Lauderdale/Shepherding movement for 17 years. After exiting the group, he and his wife, Vicki, shared their experiences in Damaged Disciples: Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and the Shepherding Movement, published by Zondervan. Their book has been helpful for many recovering from a variety of authoritarian Bible-based groups. José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Personality, Assessment and Treatment and Director of the Biological and Health Psychology Department of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His work focuses in the areas of Psychopathology and Clinical and Health Psychology. He is President of the European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies (EABCT). He has directed numerous Doctoral Theses and is author of an important number and variety of articles and books in his areas of specialization. He has organized and participated in numerous national and international psychology congresses, among which stands out his participation as President of the Scientific Committee at the "23rd International Congress of Applied Psychology" held in Madrid in 1994. He is member of the Editorial Boards of several national and international journals. Dianne Casoni, Ph.D., Professor, School of Criminology, University of Montreal. Psychologist. Psychoanalyst, member of the Canadian Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Casoni is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters on psychology and the law, sexual abuse of children, treatment of victims, wife assault, and the psychodynamic understanding of cults. She has just published a book on the psychoanalytical understanding of the criminal mind and edited a book on terrorism, both in French, co-authored and co-edited with Louis Brunet. ([email protected])

David Clark, Thought Reform Consultant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Clark has been active in this field for more than 20 years and is the chair of AFF’s Video Education Committee. Mr. Clark is on the Board of the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation and reFOCUS. He was a contributing author for the exit counseling chapter in the W.W. Norton book, Recovery from Cults. In 1985 he received the Hall of Fame Award from the "original" Cult Awareness Network. He was a founding member of the "original" Focus and reFOCUS, a national support network for former cult members. He has been a national and international conference speaker on the topic of cults and has been interviewed by newspapers, radio, and TV stations on the topic of mind control and cults for over two decades.([email protected]) Pedro Cubero, M.D. has worked as a clinical general psychiatrist at the Hospital 12 de Octubre (Madrid) since 1989. He has also worked for several years as an exit counsellor and been the head of A.I.S. in Madrid (AIS, the main Spanish association in the field, is based in Barcelona). He has written several articles in medical publications. His main interest has been the psychiatric characterization of the behaviors induced by cultic groups, other than dissociative phenomena. Anuttama Dasa is the Director of Communications for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Vaishnava, or monotheistic, faith within Hindu culture. He was appointed to ISKCON's Governing Body Commission in 1999, and also serves as an editor of the ISKCON Communications Journal. Anuttama is a board member of the Washington, D.C. region of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), vice president of the Religion Communicators Council (RCC), and founding member of Children of Krishna, a networking and support organization for second-generation Krishna devotees. He also serves as a board member of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies of the American Academy of Religion. He has participated in many AFF conferences, including the panel presentation, "Can Cultic Groups Change." Zixian Deng is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of North Texas. He specializes in civil societies, human rights development, and the state, and has training in religion and philosophy. His publications include "Measuring Tolerance" (co-author, forthcoming Social Science Quarterly). He began publishing his research on Falungong in early 1999 (see www.wys.org/pages/falun.html) and has since written extensively on its development and has participated in various debates on its theological foundation. ([email protected]) Krishnakant Desai, M.A. is a British writer whose paper 'The Final Order'(1996), currently translated into nine languages, led to the founding of the ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM). The IRM is a worldwide group of ISKCON temples, communities and members inside and outside the official ISKCON establishment that seeks to rid the movement of corruption and restore its purity in line with the vision of its founder. He has authored over 100 papers on the subject, and currently travels the world working for the reform of ISKCON and serves as an Executive advisor to the IRM. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Cambridge University and worked formerly as a Management Consultant for leading US and UK companies. Carol Diament. Once the victim of a psychotherapy cult, Carol Diament speaks and writes on the subject. Before her group involvement, she was a realtor, a horse business owner, and a full-time mother. She has returned to college to pursue studies in journalism and is currently working on a memoir. ([email protected])

Diane DiNicola is Executive Director of the Opus Dei Awareness Network, Inc. (ODAN). She and her husband Carlo, as well as other concerned individuals, founded ODAN in 1991 after their daughter Tammy joined and subsequently left Opus Dei. Over the years Mrs. DiNicola has communicated with thousands of individuals about Opus Dei's questionable practices. She has volunteered extensively in the field of education, sitting on search committees in her community for administrative positions, including superintendent of schools. Mrs. DiNicola's other volunteer activities include leadership of a Girl Scout troop, President of a Parent Teacher Organization and activities at her church. Mrs. DiNicola is a communicant of St. Mary the Morning Star Roman Catholic Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where she is actively involved as a Eucharistic minister, church bulletin advertising coordinator and volunteer for church activities. Mrs. DiNicola is employed as office manager for her husband's tax preparation business. She is the mother of two daughters, and has six grandchildren. (http://www.odan.org; [email protected] Tammy DiNicola is a former Opus Dei member and a current Board Member of the Opus Dei Awareness Network, Inc. (ODAN). Since leaving Opus Dei in 1990, she has written extensively about manipulative and deceptive techniques employed by Opus Dei to recruit and maintain members. A graduate of Boston College with a degree in accountancy, Ms. DiNicola works as a tax preparer. She is a communicant of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where she is involved with the music ministry. She resides in Pittsfield with her husband and three sons. (http://www.odan.org; [email protected]) Steve K. Dubrow Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP, is a licensed and Board Certified Counseling Psychologist. Dr. Dubrow-Eichel is a Co-Founder of RETIRN (Philadelphia, PA) and was a 1990 recipient of the John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies. He is a former-president of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis. ([email protected]) Philip Elberg, Esq. is a partner in the Newark, New Jersey law firm of Medvin and Elberg. He represented Rebecca Ehrlich in a lawsuit against Kids of North Jersey, a treatment center for adolescents with "behavior disorders." The case was initiated as a medical malpractice action but evolved into a claim that the treatment center operated as a destructive cult for the benefit of its founder, Miller Newton. The case was settled on the eve of trial for $4,500,000. A reported New Jersey Court decision describes Mr. Elberg's work on the case as "heroic." He currently represents another patient of the same facility who was treated at Kids for thirteen years and has become committed to obtaining public awareness of the potentially dangerous practices of some adolescent treatment facilities. Andrea Moore Emmett is a journalist and researcher. She was the researcher for the two hour A&E documentary, Inside Polygamy, and has provided research for ABC's 20/20. Moore Emmett is the recipient of five Headliners Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards and a Utah Professional Chapter of Women in Communications Leading Changes Award. Moore Emmett has spoken across the country concerning abuses against women and children within polygamy and has just finished a book, to be published soon, detailing the lives of women who have left the religious groups who practice this lifestyle. Steven Gelberg, while a member from 1970-1987, served as the Krishna Movement's principal liaison to the international academic community (e.g., edited Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna: Five Distinguished Scholars on the Krishna Movement in the West, Grove Press, 1983), and its Director for Interreligious Affairs. He is author of a number of scholarly

articles on ISKCON (and related historical, social-scientific, and cultic issues) published in various academic books and journals. He subsequently earned a Masters degree (comparative religion) from Harvard Divinity School in 1990. He currently lives with his wife and cat near San Francisco, where he is an accomplished fine art photographer, working on a book, Photography and Imagination. His essay, "On Leaving ISKCON," to be published in revised form in a forthcoming volume from Columbia University Press, is available online at http://surrealist.org/betrayalofthespirit/gelberg.html. Peter Georgiades, Esq. is an attorney practicing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Between 1980 and 1995, his practice consisted primarily of representing the victims of cults and authoritarian groups, nationwide. Over the years he has successfully recovered millions of dollars from a wide array of cults and their leaders. His last major cult case was Robert A. Miller, et al. v. Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation, a federal case which resulted in a $2.8 Million judgment, and an IRS investigation that resulted in the conviction of Tony Alamo for tax fraud and the imposition of a six year prison term. Carol Giambalvo is an ex-cult member who has been a Thought Reform Consultant since 1984 and a cofounder of reFOCUS, a national support network for former cult members. She is on AFF’s Board of Directors, Director of AFF’s Recovery Programs, and is responsible for its Project Outreach. Author of Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention, co-editor of The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ, and coauthor of ―Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants,‖ Ms. Giambalvo has written and lectured extensively on cult-related topics. ([email protected]) Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., L. C. S. W., a therapist in private practice, has co-led a support group for ex-cult members with her husband, William, for over 25 years. She is on the faculty of the New Jersey Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis, where she also is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Program. Mrs. Goldberg has written extensively for social work and AFF publications. ([email protected]) William Goldberg, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., a therapist in private practice, has co-led a support group for ex-cult members with his wife, Lorna, for over 25 years. He is Director of the Community Support Center, The Young Adult Center and The Partial Hospitalization Program of the Rockland County (NY) Department of Mental Health. Steven Hassan, M.Ed, LMHC has been involved in educating the public about mind control and destructive cults for over twenty-six years. He actively counsels mind control victims and their families and is a licensed Mental Health Counselor, holding a Master’s degree in counseling psychology from Cambridge College. He is the author of Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves (Freedom of Mind Press, 2000). In 1988, he authored the critically acclaimed book Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults (Park Street Press). He is Director of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center at www.freedomofmind.com. ([email protected]) Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C. is a psychotherapist practicing in the Denver area. For the last fifteen years she has been active in the counter cult movement working closely with the original CAN and AFF. Her private practice specializes in the treatment of cult survivors and their families. Josep Maria Jansà, M.D. Medical Doctor. In 1985 he interned at AFF. He has worked with AIS (Assessment and Information on Cults (sectas in Spanish) since 1984 working with

families, group members, and former group members. The AIS clinic has dealt with more than 1000 patients since January 1986. He has participated in research initiatives and issued various publications on this topic. Dr. Jansà also works as an epidemiologist for the City Council of Barcelona and is responsible for international health and health and migrations. Joseph F. Kelly, a thought reform consultant since 1988, spent 14 years in two different eastern meditation groups. He has lectured extensively on cult-related topics, and is a coauthor of ―Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants,‖ published in AFF’s Cultic Studies Journal. ([email protected]) Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the sociology of religion and the sociology of sectarian groups. He has published articles in Philosophy East and West, Journal of Religious History, British Journal of Sociology, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Analysis, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Quaker History, Comparative Social Research, Journal of Religion and Health, Cultic Studies Journal, Skeptic, Marbourg Journal of Religion, and Religion. His current research concentrates on nontraditional and alternative religions. Dennis King is a writer and expert on extremist groups. Based in New York City, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism (1989) and the standard manual for investigative journalists Get the Facts on Anyone," 3rd ed 1999. Mr. King was the first journalist to write about Fred Newman’s organization in 1977 and has tracked the group ever since. Michael Kropveld is the Executive Director and founder of Info-Cult, the largest resource centre of its kind in Canada on cultic thinking. Since 1980 Mr. Kropveld has worked with more than 2,000 former members and families. He has spoken, in Canada and internationally, to hundreds of professional and community groups on the cult issue. He is also involved in counseling and consulting, and as an expert witness on cult issues. He has been featured on hundreds of radio and television programs locally, nationally, and internationally. In 1992 he was awarded the 125 Commemorative Medal "in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada" by the Government of Canada. http://www.infocult.org; http://www.infosecte.org ([email protected]) Michael D. Langone, Ph.D., a counseling psychologist, is AFF’s Executive Director. He was the founder editor of Cultic Studies Journal (CSJ), the editor of CSJ’s successor, Cultic Studies Review, and editor of Recovery From Cults. He is co-author of Cults: What Parents Should Know and Satanism and Occult-Related Violence: What You Should Know. Dr. Langone has spoken and written widely about cults. In 1995, he received the Leo J. Ryan Award from the "original" Cult Awareness network and was honored as the Albert V. Danielsen visiting Scholar at Boston University. ([email protected]) Paul Lennon, S.T.L., M.A., Child and Family Therapist, Board Member, Regain Network (Religious Groups Awareness International Network - www.regainnetwork.org). Mr. Lennon was a Legionary of Christ brother from 1961-69 and an LC priest from 1969-84. He served as a Diocesan priest from 1985-1989 and received an M.A. in Counseling from the Catholic University of America in 1989. He was a Community Development Specialist from 1990-1995 and a home-based therapist to Hispanic Families from 1995-1998. He was the co-founder of Network 1992.

Ronald N. Loomis has been educating others about cults for some 25 years at over 100 colleges and universities throughout the US and Canada. He is a Past President of the original Cult Awareness Network (CAN) and was a founding member of the Steering Committee of the International Cult Education Program (ICEP) and was Chair of the Interim Planning Committee (IPC), which created the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation (LJREF) and the Cult Information and Resource Center (CIRC), (CULTINFO). In 1999, he served as a principle expert witness for the Legislative Task Force on Cults in Maryland. He has been cited in such publications as The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Congressional Quarterly, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Sun and Newsweek Magazine. He has been interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), The Today Show at the request of NBC News, The Discovery Channel, ABC Productions, and Current Affair. He is featured in the educational video, Cults, Saying No Under Pressure, and he authored a chapter in the book Cults on Campus. He has been an expert advisor to The Roberts Group Parents Network (TRGP) since it was founded in 1997. ([email protected]) Arnold Markowitz, C.S.W., is a psychotherapist and Director of the Cult Hotline and Clinic of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services in New York City, where he also serves as Director of Brooklyn Adolescent Services. He has written and lectured extensively on cultic groups and psychological manipulation. ([email protected]) Rod Marshall, Ph.D. (Nottm) teaches Psychology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in Wycombe, England, where he is head of the Department of Human Sciences, where he is Acting Dean of Faculty, Applied Social Sciences and Humanities. His principal research is on the psychological effects of cultic group membership, social influence in organizational settings, and the psychological processes involved in social group identity and prejudice. He is also a member of Politics, Psychology Resistance, a UK group of researchers, practitioners, and clients working against the harmful effects of psychology, including within the mental health system, as well as a member of the national committee of FAIR (Family, Action, Information, Resource), UK. ([email protected]) Paul Martin, Ph.D., a former member and leader of Great Commission International (currently called Great Commission Association of Churches), is a psychologist and Director of the Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center in Albany, Ohio, a residential rehabilitation center for ex-cult members. Dr. Martin is author of Cult-Proofing Your Kids. He has written numerous articles on cults, including several contributions to Cultic Studies Journal, and has been interviewed by many newspapers and radio and TV stations concerning cults. Marina Ortiz was a "Social therapy" patient from late 1984 to mid-1990. Once initiated, she was asked to join an "underground" Marxist-Leninist organization (the International Workers Party), led by NYC-based philosopher Fred Newman. Ortiz left the group in 1990 and has since spoken out about her experience at various public forums. A trained journalist, she has also written a series of articles on the cult and produced related radio programs aired over Pacifica-WBAI Radio. Ortiz is currently the editor of www.ex-iwp.org, a website which chronicles the origins and recent activities of the International Workers Party. Adriana Pacheco. Originally from Mexico where she worked as an editor, Ms. Pacheco immigrated to Montreal where she first worked as a translator, then started undergraduate studies in criminology at the University of Montreal, where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. As part of her research work, she is interested in crimes committed by non-delinquent individuals or groups who, owing to their religious beliefs, claim virtuous and altruistic

reasons for abusive or criminal actions. She is a student in the department of Criminology at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Dr Dianne Casoni. Robert Pardon, M.Div., Th.M., is the Executive Director of the New England Institute of Religious Research and MeadowHaven. During the past five years he has specialized in Bible-based communal groups. Much of his work involves counseling, support groups, working with those born and/or raised in groups, and helping former members rebuild their lives. To facilitate the recovery process MeadowHaven, a long term rehabilitation facility was opened in 2002. It can accommodate individuals or families who require long term (up to a year) care to recover from trauma and cult abuse. (www.MeadowHaven.org and www.neirr.org) Marie-Andrée Pelland is a Candidate in the doctoral program of the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal. Currently completing her dissertation, ―Presumed Violent Cultic Groups: Analysis of Allegations of Violence According to the Representations and Social Identity of Members.‖ Miguel Perlado is a psychologist and Psychotherapist. A graduate of the University of Barcelona (psychology), he received psychotherapy training from Vidal Barraquer Foundation (Barcelona). He currently works with Assessment and Information on Cults (AIS) as an exit counselor and iPsi (Attention and Research in Mental Health) as a psychotherapist. ([email protected]) E. Burke Rochford, Jr. is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology-Anthropology Department at Middleburg College. He has studied the Hare Krishna movement for nearly 25 years. His book, Hare Krishna in America, was published by Rutgers University Press in 1985. He has also published numerous articles on the movement. His book on family, the second generation and the development of ISKCON is in progress. In addition to his academic studies Professor Rochford also serves as a member of ISKCON’s North American Board of Education. Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq., President of AFF, is with Jenkens & Gilchrist & Parker Chapin in New York City. He has written several articles on cults and the law, contributed a chapter to Recovery From Cults, and is co-editor of The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ. Mr. Rosedale has lectured widely on cults and was the Executive in Residence at the School of Business, Indiana University in 1992. Rabbi A. James Rudin, Senior Interreligious Adviser, American Jewish Committee (AJC), retired in 2000 as AJC's National Interreligious Affairs Director. A 1960 graduate of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he has been a leading figure in interreligious affairs since 1968, when he joined the AJC staff. In 1997 he was awarded the "Person of Reconciliation" Award from the Polish Council of Christians and Jews in Warsaw and the Joseph Award given by the Villa Nazareth, a Pontifical Institution. In 1999 the International Council of Christians and Jews awarded him its Interfaith Medallion. He has led interreligious delegations and conferences in many nations and was active in the civil rights movement. In 2002 he was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion and Judaica at Saint Leo University. He writes a weekly commentary for the Religion News Service/Newhouse Newspaper Syndicate and has published articles in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, New Catholic Encyclopedia, Reform Judaism, The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Commonweal, Encyclopedia Judaica, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, The Christian Century, and Christianity Today. He is the author of Israel for Christians: Understanding Modern Israel and co-editor of Evangelicals and Jews in Conversation,

Evangelicals and Jews in an Age of Pluralism, Twenty Years of Jewish-Catholic Relations, and A Time to Speak: The Evangelical-Jewish Encounter. He is co-author of Why Me? Why Anyone and Prison or Paradise? The New Religious Cults (with his wife Marcia Rudin). Patrick Ryan, a former member of Transcendental Meditation, has been a thought reform consultant since 1984. He designs and implements AFF's Internet Web site. Mr. Ryan is the founder and former head of TM-ex, the organization of ex-members of TM. He has contributed to AFF’s book, Recovery From Cults, and has presented programs about hypnosis and trance-induction techniques at several AFF workshops and conferences. ([email protected]) Alan W. Scheflin, J.D., LL.M., is Professor of Law at Santa Clara University Law School in California. Among his many publications is Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law (coauthored with Daniel Brown and D. Corydon Hammond), for which he received the 1999 Guttmacher Award from the American Psychiatric Association. Professor Scheflin is also the 1991 recipient of the Guttmacher Award for Trance on Trial (with Jerrold Shapiro). A member of the Editorial Advisory Board of AFF’s Cultic Studies Review, Professor Scheflin received the 2001 American Psychological Association, Division 30 (Hypnosis), Distinguished Contribution to Professional Hypnosis Award. This is the "highest award that Division 30 can bestow." He was also awarded in 2001 The American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, Professional Recognition Award. This Award was created to honor his achievements in promoting the legal and ethical use of hypnosis. Daniel Shaw, C.S.W. is a nationally certified psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He received his psychoanalytic training at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York. Formerly a member of Siddha Yoga, Mr. Shaw attended Northwestern University and worked as a professional actor until joining Siddha Yoga in 1981. He toured worldwide as a spokesperson for Gurumayi and Siddha Yoga, and served as organizer, manager, and public relations director. He left the group in 1994 and helped found the Leaving Siddha Yoga website. ([email protected]) Shen Zhenyu, Researcher, China Research Institution for Science and Technology, specializes in the study of superstition, pseudoscience, and cults. Amy Siskind, Ph.D. received her Ph.D. in sociology from the New School for Social Research in 1995. She has written extensively about The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall community—a group she had belonged to for twenty-two years. Her book, The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: From Radical Individualism to Authoritarianism, will be published in May 2003 by Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Press. Recently, she has written about the effects of totalistic groups on children and the conditions within these groups that can result in child abuse and neglect. Dr. Siskind currently teaches sociology and children's studies at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York ([email protected]). Alexandra Stein, M.L.S. is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ms. Stein has also lived in England, France, and the United States. She writes creative non-fiction and is author of Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of a Political Cult (North Star Press, 2002). She lives in Minneapolis with her two children. Juan Jose Vaca, MS.Ed., M.Th., M.Ph., Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Sociology, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY. He was a member of the Legion of Christ from May 1947 to April 1976, in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and USA. His last position in the Legion was

president and religious superior of the Legion of Christ, Inc. in USA, Orange, CT. He was a diocesan priest in Rockville Centre Diocese, Long Island, NY. He has been a College counselor and lecturer for CUNY (City University of New York) in different campuses. He left the priesthood in April 1989, married in 1993, and has nine year daughter. Erika Van Meir, L.M.F.T. is a licensed marriage and family therapist currently in private practice in Atlanta Georgia. She has a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California at San Diego and an M.A. in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of San Diego. In addition to her private practice, Erika also runs a monthly support and education group for former members of abusive/totalitarian groups. Wang Wenzhong, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Institute of Psychology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), graduated from the Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University in 1988. He received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree from The Institute of Psychology, CAS. Dr. Wenzhong has conducted research in the area of cognitive and social cognitive development, with a focus on the study of achievement motivation and mental health of children. His publications include: Alice Cheng Lai, Zhi-xue Zhang, Wen-zhong Wang. Maternal child-rearing practices in Hong Kong and Beijing Chinese families: A comparative study. International Journal of Psychology, 2000, 35(1), 60-66; Wang Wenzhong. Golf System in the achievement motivation of students. Psychological Science, 1996, 19(4), 207-210; Wang Wenzhong, Shi Kan, Sun Jian, Maehr, L. Martin. A comparative study of super students' motivation models. Psychological Development and Education, 1996, 12(1), 1-7. “Frank” Tian Xie, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University. He obtained his Ph.D. in business administration and MBA in finance from Georgia State University and B.S. in science from Peking University. Prior to his career in academics, he had eight years of industry and managerial experience serving in technical, supervisory, managerial, and consulting positions for companies such as AirTouch Communications (now Verizon Wireless), SunTrust Equitable Securities, and Apeks International. His research interests include marketing strategy, business-tobusiness marketing, international marketing, and non-linear marketing methodologies. His research appears in Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Interactive Advertising, Journal of Marketing Channels, and World Economic Review.