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 (TRGPN) since it was founded in 1997. (rloomis07@SNET.NET)
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 (TRGPN) since it was founded in 1997. (