Dr. Christine M. Sarteschi, LCSW is a Full Professor of Social Work and Criminology at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a fully licensed clinical social worker and serves as a victim’s advocate with the Cold Case Foundation. She has been a consultant to police agencies involving criminal cases. Her current research efforts focus on extremism including sovereign citizens and related extremist groups. Dr. Sarteschi has an extensive publishing record spanning both scholarly academic papers and those written more broadly for the public. She has published empirical articles, and two detailed research on extreme violence as well as sovereign citizens. Her recent work examines the intersection of QAnon and the sovereign citizen movement and the social phenomenon of Romana Didulo, a self-appointed QAnon figure who falsely believes she is the queen and president of Canada. She also has written articles published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Just Security, Salon, New York Daily News, Homeland Security Today, MedPage Today, New York Law Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, and Texas Lawyer. Dr. Sarteschi’s work has been featured in a number of national and international news outlets and documentaries and she has been quoted in The Associated Press, Rolling Stone, USA Today, The Daily Beast, The IndyStar, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Boston Globe, CBC, BBC, Stuff, Newsweek, Asia Times, among others.
