IANDS Fact Sheet
As of February 1, 2006
- Date of incorporation:
- 1978 as the Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death
Phenomena
1982 as the International Association for Near-Death Studies - Founders:
- John Audette; Bruce Greyson, MD; Ken Ring, PhD; Michael Sabom, MD
- Presidents:
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John Audette 1978-1980 Ken Ring, PhD 1981 Bruce Greyson, MD 1982 Ken Ring, PhD 1983 John Alexander 1984-1986 Elizabeth "Pat" Fenske, PhD 1986-1991 Nancy Evans Bush 1992-1995 Bruce Horacek, PhD 1996 Diane Corcoran, PhD 1997-2000 Bill Taylor 2000-2003 Jan Holden, EdD 2004-- - Membership
- Life: 74
Professional: 278
Regular: 511 - Total: 863
- Publications
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- Scholarly journal (quarterly):
- 1982-1987 - Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies
1988-present - Journal of Near-Death Studies- Editors:
- Bruce Greyson, MD: 1982-present
- Circulation:
- Total: 391
- Newsletter (quarterly):
- 1981-present - Vital Signs (was named Revitalized Signs
1989-1991)
- Editors:
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- 1981-1982 Ken Ring, PhD
- 1983-1984 Charles Flynn
- 1985-1988 Nancy Bush
- 1989-1991 Leon Rhodes
- 1992-1996 Nancy Bush
- 1997-2001 Pat Fenske, PhD
- 2002-2004 Paul Bernstein, PhD
- 2005- Linda Jacquin
- Brochures:
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- IANDS: The International Association for Near-Death Studies (PDF) (If you have trouble reading the PDF file, the Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free download.)
- Coming Back: Understanding Near-Death and Similar Experiences
- Aftereffects of Near-Death States
- Children's Near-Death Experiences
- Distressing Near-Death Experiences
- Near-Death Experiences and Nearing-Death Awareness in the Terminally Ill
- Impact of the Near-Death Experience on Grief and Loss
- Caring for the Near-Death Experiencer: Considerations for Experiencers
- Caring for the Near-Death Experiencer: Considerations for Caregivers
- Experiencer's Guide to Psychotherapy
- Starting a Local Friends of IANDS (FOI) Group
- Handouts:
- Selected Bibliography on Near-Death Experiences (introductory reading list)
- Research Resources:
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- Near-Death Experiences: Index to the Periodical Literature through 2001 (all journal and magazine articles related to NDEs through 2001 indexed by topic and including journal abstracts); production 2005.
- Conferences
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- 1989 Rosemont, PA
- 1990 Washington, DC
- 1993 Saint Louis, MO
(110Kb) - 1994 San Antonio, TX
(120Kb) - 1995 Hartford, CT
(120Kb) - 1996 Oakland, CA
(110Kb) - 1997 San Antonio, TX
(120Kb) - 1998 Salt Lake City, UT
(130Kb) - 1999 Vancouver, BC
(130Kb) - 2000 Philadelphia, PA
(130Kb) - 2001 Seattle, WA
(150Kb) - 2003 Honolulu, HI
(140Kb) - 2004 Evanston (Chicago), IL
(150Kb) - 2005 Virginia Beach, VA
- Conference Coordinator(s):
- 1994 Bruce Horacek, PhD
1995 Nancy Bush, Leslee Morabito, Anneliese Fox
1996-present Debbie James, National Conference Director; Anneliese Fox; and local site coordinator
- Local Support and Interest Groups
- These are called "Friends of IANDS" (FOI) groups. There are approximately 55 of these groups throughout the world; including about 45 in the U.S.A.
- Website
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- www.iands.org domain name registered December, 1995
- There have been 2,926,771 page views of this site between November 18, 1998 and February 27, 2005.
- Instigator and designer of first IANDS web page: Marty Chandler
- Webmaster:
- 1995-2005: Karl Williamson
- 2005-present: Nutmeg Web Service
- Office
- Prior to 1992: First, an office in Oxford, OH
Then, Storrs, CT, administered by Nancy Evans Bush, Executive Director
Then, Philadelphia, PA, administered by Pat Fenske, PhD, Pres. & Exec Director 1992-1993
Association Resources (Hartford, CT)
1994-present Fox Computer Systems (South Windsor, CT)