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Gladys Ijeoma Akunna

Visiting Scholar, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University

I had my training in the arts of the theatre at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and the University of Ibadan, where I obtained my BA and MA degrees respectively.
I was also an Associate Graduate Student in Dance/ Movement Psychotherapy at the Autumn Term of 2010, at Goldsmith's,University of London, and later earned a PhD in the field in the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, after successfully defending the first clinical trial study in Dance /Movement Therapy in psychiatry treatment in the country and the continent.

Experience

  • –present
    Visiting Scholar, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, College of Nursing and Health Health Professions., Drexel University

Education

  • 2015 
    The University of Ibadan , Nigeria., PhD ( Dance/Movement Therapy) @The Institute of African Studies.