Feb 24, 2020
Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor of Gerontology at the
Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior
Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. A prolific author,
Dr. Doka’s 27 books include Grieving beyond Gender:
Understanding the Ways Men and Woman Mourn; Counseling
Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness, Living with
Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life,
Living with Grief: Alzheimer’s Disease,
Living with Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy and
Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges, and Strategies
for Practice. In addition to these books, he has published
over 100 articles and book chapters. Dr. Doka is editor of both
Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A
Newsletter to Help in Bereavement.
Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for Death
Education and Counseling in 1993. In 1995, he was elected to the
Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Dying, Death
and Bereavement and served as chair from 1997-1999. The Association
for Death Education and Counseling presented him with an Award for
Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education in 1998.
In 2000 Scott and White presented him an award for Outstanding
Contributions to Thanatology and Hospice. His Alma Mater
Concordia College presented him with their first Distinguished
Alumnus Award. In 2006, Dr. Doka was grandfathered in as a Mental
Health Counselor under NY State’s first licensure of
counselors.
Dr. Doka has keynoted conferences throughout North America as well
as Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He participates in the
annual Hospice Foundation of America Teleconference and has
appeared on CNN and Nightline. In addition he has served
as a consultant to medical, nursing, funeral service and hospice
organizations as well as businesses and educational and social
service agencies. Dr. Doka is an ordained Lutheran minister.