Dr. Emilia Șercan is a Romanian investigative journalist, author, and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Science, University of Bucharest. She holds a BA in Journalism, an MA in Sociology, and a PhD in Communication Studies. She has held a SUSI fellowship, a French Government scholarship, Erasmus scholarships, and a Freedom House Fellowship. Her investigative work has focused on plagiarism among Romania's political and military elite, and she is the author of three books.