Kenneth Ring

Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, and an internationally recognized authority on the subject of near-death experiences on which he has written five books and nearly a hundred articles. He is also the co-founder and past President of The International Association for Near-Death Studies and the founding editor of its quarterly scholarly journal, The Journal of Near-Death Studies, now in its thirtieth year. Dr. Ring has appeared on many television and radio programs and been often interviewed in the press in connection with his work on near-death experiences.

In recent years, Dr. Ring has published several collections of essays on a wide variety of subjects beginning with his (mostly humorous) book, Waiting to Die, which was followed by Reflections in a Glass Eye and Blogging Toward Infinity. His latest book is A Near-Death Researcher's Notebook: What I Have Learned about Dying, Death and the Afterlife.

He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has three children and five grandchildren, and loves cats.

Much more information about Dr. Ring and his books can be found on his website, www.kenring.org.