Janja Lalich

Janja Lalich (b. 1945) is an American sociologist and writer. Lalich is best known as a foremost expert on cults and coercion, charismatic authority, power relations, ideology, and social control. She is a professor emerita of sociology at the California State University, Chico.

Known For

Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

Escaping Twin Flames