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Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
is Professor of Sociology at California State
University, Chico, where in 2007 she was awarded
the Professional Achievement Honor. Her research
and writing is on cults and controversial
authoritarian groups, with a focus on
charismatic authority, power relations, ideology
and social control, and issues related to
family, gender, and sexuality. Dr. Lalich is
consulted regularly by former cult members and
their families; legal, educational, and
mental-health professionals; government
agencies; and the media. Her most recent book,
Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive
Relationships (2006), is a
general introduction to cults with a focus on
recovery.
Bounded Choice: True Believers and
Charismatic Cults
(2004) presents a new theoretical framework for
understanding cult commitment and behavior, and
is based on a comparative study of Heaven’s
Gate, which committed collective suicide in
1997, and the Democratic Workers Party, a
radical left-wing political cult (of which
Lalich was a leading member for more than 10
years). Other works include being guest editor
of Women Under the Influence: A Study of
Women’s Lives in Totalist Groups (special
issue of the Cultic Studies Journal
14(1), 1997); coauthor with Margaret Thaler
Singer of
"Crazy” Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?
(1996) and Cults in Our Midst (1995);
and coauthor with M. Tobias of Captive
Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom and Recovery from
Cults and Abusive Relationships (1994). (JLalich@csuchico.edu;
http://www.cultresearch.org)
Professor of Sociology
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0445
CultResearch.Org;
Tel: (530) 898-5542; Fax: (530) 898-4571 |
Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ - book review by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
Bounded Choice - Book Review by J. A. Looney, Ph.D.
Bounded Choice - J. Lalich
Captive Hearts Captive Minds - Book Review by Carol Giambalvo
Conference 1997: PA Presenter
Conference 2000 WA: Speakers
Conference 2001 NJ: Speakers
Conference 2002 FL: Events
Conference 2004 AB: Draft Agenda
Conference 2004 GA: Events Overview
Conference 2006 CO: Conference Handbook with agenda, bios, & abstracts
Conference 2007: Brussels Home - Bruxelles Page d'acceuil
Conference 2008: Philadelphia home
Conference 2009: Geneva, Switzerland home
Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday Lives - Book Review by Rev. Walter Debold
Lalich, Janja & Langone, Michael: "Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups - Revised"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "Individual Differences Affecting Recovery"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "Repairing The Soul After A Cult Experience"
Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "The Role of Cognitive Distortion"
Lalich, Janja, Ph.D.: "Individual Differences Affecting Recovery"
Lalich, Janja, Ph.D.: "Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual Exploitation of Women in Cults" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Evaluating Cult Involvement"
Lalich, Janja: "Introduction to Special CSJ Issue on Women and Cults"
Lalich, Janja: "The Cadre Ideal: origins and Development of a Political Cult" - abstract
Lalich, Janja: "Women Under The Influence"
On the Edge and Tabernacle of Hate - Book Review by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
Singer, Margaret T., Ph.D., & Lalich, Janja Ph.D.: "Crazy" Therapies: What are They? Do They Work? - The Therapeutic Relationship
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D.: "Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?"
Singer, Margaret, Ph.D.: "How United States Marine Corps Differ from Cults"
Singer, Margaret: "'Crazy'" Therapies"
Singer, Margaret: "Cults In Our Midst: Hidden Menace in Our Lives
Take Back Your Life - Lalich, Janja & Tobias, Madeline
Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships - book review by Doni Whitsett, Ph.D.
Them and Us: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat - Book Review by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
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Book Review: Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ
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Book Review: Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults
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Book Review: Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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Book Review: Them and Us: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat
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Introduction: "We Own Her Now"
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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Book Review: New Religious Movements/Cults: Sociologist’s Book Criticized
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Repairing The Soul After A Cult
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The Cadre Ideal: Origins and Development of a Political Cult
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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Using the Bounded Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven’s Gate
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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We Own Her Now by Janja Laich
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Myths, Misnomers, and Missed Signals: Demystifying Cult Research
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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The Puzzle of Brainwashing
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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Opening Keynote Address: The Violent Outcomes of Ideological Extremism: What Have We Learned Since Jonestown?
Janja Lalich Ph.D.
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Special Lunch Discussion Session: On Going to College or Graduate School After a Cult Experience
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Janja Lalich’s New Research Project: Seeking People to Interview
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2007 ICSA Margaret T. Singer Award was Given to Janja Lalich, Ph.D.
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