Kenneth J. Doka, PhD has edited or written over 35 acclaimed academic books on death-related subjects. Dr. Doka is also a senior consultant for the Hospice Foundation of America. Dr. Doka also gives approximately thirty keynote speeches a year. Additionally, Dr. Doka is president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and The International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement. Hw was a professor of counseling at The College of New Rochelle.