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| occupation     = Professor, [[Sociology]], [[California State University, Chico]]
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'''Janja Lalich''' is Professor of [[Sociology]] at [[California State University, Chico]], known for her study of the inner workings of [[cult]]s.

She was a member of the radical{{fact|date=August 2014}} "[[Democratic Workers Party]]" for 11 years, a group she now considers a cult. Motivated by her personal history ("I wanted to figure out what the heck happened to me"),<ref>[http://www.csuchico.edu/pub/inside/archive/03_04_17/03_lalich.html Cult Expert Janja Lalich Offers New Theory on Brainwashing], ''Inside Chico State'', April 17, 2003, Volume 33, Number 14</ref> her research has focused on what she considered to be [[cult]] groups, specializing in [[charismatic authority]], power relations, ideology, and social control.<ref name="zablocki" />  Lalich published her [[Ph.D.]] [[dissertation]] on "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups" in 2000.<ref>Lalich, Janja., "Bounded Choice: The Fusion of Personal Freedom and Self-Renunciation in Two Transcendent Groups." Ph.D. dissertation., [[Santa Barbara, California]], Fielding Institute., 2000.</ref> It was later developed into the 2004 book ''[[Bounded Choice]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last = Lalich| first = Janja| title = [[Bounded Choice|Bounded choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults]]| publisher = [[University of California Press]]| year = 2004| isbn =  0-520-23194-5}}</ref> Lalich was associated with the [[Cult Awareness Network]].

==Education==
Lalich earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[French language|French]] from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1967. She was a [[Fulbright Scholar]] and conducted her post-graduate research at the [[University dAix-en-Provence]] in [[France]].<ref>[http://www.anandainfo.com/untitled1.html DECLARATION OF JANJA LALICH IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION], Superior Court, [[San Mateo, California]], August 16, 1995</ref>

Lalich has a [[Ph.D.]] in Human and Organizational Systems from<ref>[http://www.factnet.org/cris_mem.htm#Janja%20Lalich Former Cult Members and Support Groups], FACTnet.</ref> [[Fielding Graduate University]] in [[Santa Barbara, California]].<ref name="zablocki">{{cite book| last = Zablocki| first = Benjamin| authorlink = Benjamin Zablocki|author2=Thomas Robbins| title = [[Misunderstanding Cults (book)]]| publisher = [[University of Toronto Press]]| year = 2001| isbn =  0-8020-8188-6| page = 522}}</ref>

==Published works==

===Books===

*''Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships'' (2006), ISBN 0-9720021-5-4, with [[Madeleine Tobias]] (2nd ed. of ''Captive Hearts, Captive Minds'')
*''[[Bounded Choice|Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults]]'' (2004), ISBN 0-520-23194-5
*''[[Misunderstanding Cults (book)|Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field]]'' (2001), ISBN 0-8020-4373-9, contributor
*''Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups.'' ''Cultic Studies Journal'' 14:1 (special issue), 1997.
*''[[Crazy Therapies|"Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?]]'' (1996), ISBN 0-7879-0278-0, with [[Margaret Singer]]
*''[[Cults in Our Midst]]'' (1995), ISBN 0-7879-0051-6, with Margaret Singer
*''[[Captive Hearts, Captive Minds|Captive Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Abusive Relationships]]'' (1994), ISBN 0-89793-145-9

===Articles===
*"Repairing The Soul After A Cult Experience", ''CSNetwork Magazine'', Spring 1996, pp.&nbsp;30–33
*"Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate", ''Cultic Studies Review, Vol. 3, No.3
*"The Cadre Ideal: Origins and Development of a Political Cult", ''Cultic Studies Journal'', Vol. 9, No.1
*Introduction: "We Own Her Now", ''Cultic Studies Journal'',  Vol. 14, No.1
*"Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual Exploitation of Women in Cults", ''Cultic Studies Journal'', Vol.14, No.1
*"Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups", Guest Editor, Special issue, ''Cultic Studies Journal'', Vol.14, No.1

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.culteducation.com/reference/heavensgate/gate25.html CNN Interview with Yanya Lalich], [[CNN]] Impact, March 30, 1997
*[http://icsahome.com/view_document_link.asp?gc_id=301 Profile], ICSA profile
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