Ep.48: Nisha Sajnani: Global Leader in Drama Therapy, Arts Health, and Creative Leadership - “Finding opportunities for creative expression is just good for you” (Video)

Nisha is a leading scholar, educator, and advocate in drama therapy and the arts in health. She is the Director of the Program in Drama Therapy and Theatre & Health Lab at NYU, founder of Arts & Health @ NYU, and Chair of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium. As co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, established in collaboration with the WHO, she leads a global Lancet series on the health benefits of the arts. At NYU Abu Dhabi, Nisha developed Can Art Save Lives?, a transdisciplinary course linking arts, health, and policy. She is also a faculty advisor in NYU's Rehabilitation Sciences and Educational Theatre programs, co-teaching Improvisation and Leadership at NYU Stern. Additionally, she lectures on arts and displacement at the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. An award-winning author, Nisha has co-authored and edited books on drama therapy, intercultural practice, and co-production in health. Her research has been published in The Lancet, Frontiers in Psychology, and The Arts in Psychotherapy, among others. She has co-produced films and exhibitions, including Drama Therapy as Performance and Fostering Democracy Through Theater. A founding member of the World Alliance of Drama Therapy, Nisha has received numerous awards, including the NADTA’s Gertrud Schattner Award and the APA’s Global Women’s Advocacy Award. She holds a PhD from Concordia University and a certificate in Climate Change and Health from Yale.   @stagelync The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com   Credits for the StageLync Podcast Hosts: Anna Robb Editor: Rose Anne Fermocil Music: Jeremy Willi Design: Em Holt Production Coordinator: Roselle Bernardo Producers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis