GARY SCHWARTZ

'Gary E. Schwartz', Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology teaching courses in psychology in the departments of Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona. He is also the Director of The VERITAS Research Program of the Human Energy Systems Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Schwartz is the co-author of ''The Living Energy Universe'', and is the author of ''The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death'' and ''The Truth About Medium'' and has published several hundred scientific papers and edited eleven academic books.
Dr. Schwartz's major research focus has been in the field of parapsychology. The stated goal of The VERITAS Research Program is "using individuals called mediums to communicate with the deceased" and using scientific methodology and protocols to measure the results. Subject mediums have included John Edward and Allison DuBois.

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Controversy

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Controversy

Dr. Schwartz has been criticized by skeptics of the paranormal such as James Randi, Robert Todd Carroll, Paul Kurtz and Ray Hyman. Ms. DuBois has also had a falling out with Dr. Schwartz over his book ''The Truth About Medium''.^[1]

External links

★ The VERITAS Research Program at the University of Arizona

★ ''"How 'Not' to Test Mediums: Critiquing the Afterlife Experiments"'', a critique of Gary Schwartz' research from ''The Skeptical Inquirer'' (January 2003)

★ ''"Follow Up: How 'Not' to Review Mediumship Research"'', Gary Schwartz' response to the above critique from ''The Skeptical Inquirer'' (May 2003)

★ ''"Follow Up Reply: Hyman's Reply to Schwartz's 'How 'Not' to Review Mediumship Research'"'', Ray Hyman's response to the above critique of his critique from ''The Skeptical Inquirer'' (May 2003)

★ ''What If Gary Schwartz Is Right?'' by Robert Todd Carroll, at ''Freethinker'', mukto-mona.com, a Bengali humanist website (March 2005)

★ ''Gary Schwartz's Subjective Evaluation of Mediums: Veritas or Wishful Thinking?'' by Robert Todd Carroll (April 2006)

★ ''Gary Schwartz and Intelligent Design'' by Robert Todd Carroll (May 2006)

References

1. AllisonDubois.com - "Commentary"

^ Correction to AllisonDubois.com - "Commentary" http://www.allisondubois.com/html/commentary.html