Sanjana Nair is a tenured professor at the City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice.  She taught previously at New York University and Miami University and served as the first Treasurer for the Asian American Poetry organization Kundiman.  Her poetry has been published in Spoon River Poetry Review, Fence Magazine, JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, The Southampton Review and others. 

Deeply invested in collaboration, her work has been performed in multiple Emotive Fruition shows New York City and her piece The Lady Apple, a collaboration between poet and composer, was performed at Tribeca’s Flea Theater and featured on National Public Radio’s Soundcheck. She has appeared at Barnes & Noble in Union Square, NYC’s Rubin Museum and others.