Kimiaki Nishida,
Ph.D., is Professor of Social Psychology
in the Department of Psychology, Rissho
University in Japan. He is also
President of the Japan Society of Cult
Prevention and Recovery. He is a leading
Japanese cultic studies scholar and a
standing director of the Japanese Group
Dynamics Association. His studies on
psychological manipulation by cults were
awarded prizes by several academic societies
in Japan. And he has served as an expert for
some courts seeking an explanation of "cult
mind control."
