As of December, 2021
- Date of incorporation:
- 1978 as the Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death Phenomena
- (John Audette, MS, President, 1978-1980)
1981 as the International Association for Near-Death Studies - Tax exemption:
- Internal Revenue Service Section 501(c)(3), IRS Determination Letter;
- IRS Group Exemption Letter for affiliated groups
- Founders:
- John Audette, MS; Bruce Greyson, MD; Raymond Moody, MD; Ken Ring, PhD; Michael Sabom, MD
- Presidents:
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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, MA 1992-1995 Bruce Horacek, PhD 1996 Diane Corcoran, PhD 1997-2000 Bill Taylor 2000-2003 Jan Holden, EdD 2004-2006 Yolaine Stout, BA 2007 Diane Corcoran, RN, PhD 2008-2016 Robert "Bob" Frank, EMBA 2017-2018 Charles "Chuck" Swedrock, MBA 2018-2019 Diane Corcoran, PhD 2019 Yvonne Kason, MD 2019-2020 Jan Holden, EdD 2020- -
As of JUNE, 2022
- Membership
- Basic: 377
- Supporting: 641
- Professional: 333
- Life: 56
- Sponsor: 20
- Patron: 3
- Benefactor: 2
- Total: 1,432
- Publications
- Scholarly peer-reviewed journal (quarterly; triannually starting in 2019):
- 1982-1987 - Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies
1988-present - Journal of Near-Death Studies- Editors: Bruce Greyson, MD, 1982-2008; Janice Miner Holden, EdD, 2008-
- Circulation: Total: 354
- Magazine (quarterly):
- 1981-present - Vital Signs
- Editors:
- 1981-1982 Ken Ring, PhD
- 1983-1984 Charles Flynn
- 1985-1988 Nancy Bush, MA
- 1989-1991 Leon Rhodes
- 1992-1996 Nancy Bush, MA
- 1997-2001 Pat Fenske, PhD
- 2002-2004 Paul Bernstein, PhD
- 2005-2007 Linda Jacquin
- 2007 Nancy Bush, MA
- 2008-2009 Joan Donovan
- 2010-2016 Leland Witting, DMin
- 2016- Susan Amsden, BSc
- Articles (some available formatted for printing as 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
- What are "related 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 Combat Veterans
- 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:
- Near-Death Experiences: Index to the Periodical Literature through 2005 (all journal and magazine articles related to NDEs through 2005 indexed by topic and including journal abstracts).
- Conferences and Symposia
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- 1982, First medical seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1984, First clinical conference, Pembroke Pines, FL
- 1984, First research conference, Farmington, CT
- 1989 Rosemont, PA
- 1990 Washington, DC
- 1993 Saint Louis, MO
- 1994 San Antonio, TX
- 1995 Hartford, CT
- 1996 Oakland, CA
- 1997 San Antonio, TX
- 1998 Salt Lake City, UT
- 1999 Vancouver, BC
- 2000 Philadelphia, PA
- 2001 Seattle, WA
- 2003 Honolulu, HI
- 2004 Evanston (Chicago), IL
- 2005 Virginia Beach, VA
- 2006 Houston, TX
- 2008 Durham, NC
- 2009 San Diego, CA
- 2010 Denver, CO
- 2011 Durham, NC
- 2012 Scottsdale, AZ
- 2013 Arlington, VA
- 2014 Newport Beach, CA
- 2015 San Antonio, TX
- 2016 Orlando, FL
- 2017 Westminster, CO
- 2018 Bellevue, WA
- 2019 King of Prussia, PA
- 2020 Virtual Conference
- 2021 Spring Symposium (virtual)
- 2021 Virtual Conference
- 2022 Spring Symposium (virtual)
- 2022 Salt Lake City, UT
- 2023 Spring Symposium (virtual)
- 2023 Arlington, VA (planned)
- Conference Coordinator(s):
- 1994 Bruce Horacek, PhD
1995 Nancy Bush, Leslee Morabito, Anneliese Fox
1996-2006 Debbie James, National Conference Director; Anneliese Fox; and local site coordinator - 2008 Julie Lapham, then Diane Corcoran
- 2009 Ann Ellis
- 2010-present Delaine Deal
- Local Support and Interest Groups
- There are approximately 96 IANDS groups throughout the world; including about 82 in the U.S.A.
- Website
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- www.iands.org domain name registered December, 1995
- There were 2,926,771 page views of this site between November 18, 1998 and February 27, 2005.
- 632,207 page views from March 10, 2005 through December 31, 2005
- 227,000 unique visitors, 1,524,400 page views and 14,628,500 hits in 2011
- Instigator and designer of first IANDS web page: Marty Chandler
- Webmaster:
- 1995-2005: Karl Williamson
- 2005-present: Nutmeg Web Service
- Office
- Prior to 1982: 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: Administered by Association Resources (Hartford, CT)
1994-2008: Administered by Fox Computer Systems (South Windsor, CT) - 2008-Present: IANDS office in Durham, NC
