Nancy Beardall, PhD, BC-DMT, LMHC, CMA, is a former Associate Professor and past
Director of the Dance/Movement Therapy program at Lesley University, where she received the
Distinguished Achievement Award. Her school-based work has focused on wellness and violence
prevention programs earning numerous grants and awards.

Wendy Allen, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC, is Associate Professor and Director of Dance/Movement Therapy at Lesley University. Dr. Allen led an arts-based program for marginalized youth and co-created the "Pathways to Self-Discovery" curriculum with Project Self Discovery and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.

Nalini Prakash, PhD, BC-DMT, CMA, is Director of the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counselling program at Drexel University. Her clinical expertise in forensic mental health and social justice-oriented research earned her the National Endowment for the Arts and Marian Chace Foundation grants for her dissertation, including Drexel's Outstanding Dissertation Award.