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Nisha Sajnani

Director of the Program in Drama Therapy and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University

Nisha Sajnani, PhD RDT/BCT is the Director of the Program in Drama Therapy and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University. She is the co-editor of Trauma Informed Drama Therapy: Transforming Clinics, Classrooms, and Communities and Editor of Drama Therapy Review, an international journal on drama therapy, theatre, and wellbeing. Dr. Sajnani is the President of the Foundation for the Arts and Trauma which oversees the Miss Kendra Program in K-12 schools. You can see a recent interview with her with New York Theatre Workshop here and follow her on twitter @NishaSajnani

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A Drama Therapist’s Perspective on Teaching Theatre in Times of Crisis
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A Drama Therapist’s Perspective on Teaching Theatre in Times of Crisis

21 July 2020

Nisha Sajnani, a drama therapist and educator, offers a few tips to other theatre educators who may be feeling overwhelmed about the prospect of teaching online or in person again this fall.