Doctoral Candidate
Indiana University
Rajanya Nandi is a fourth-year Doctoral Candidate in the School of Social Work at Indiana University, Indianapolis. Her research focuses on the healthcare experiences of people identifying as sex workers and survivors of sexual trafficking in the Midwest, USA, examining how stigma, structural inequities, and system-level barriers shape access to holistic health-care. She is currently engaging in interdisciplinary research projects, including studies on childhood abuse and cardiovascular disease among young adults, geographic variation in non-help-seeking behavior following crime victimization, and Black men's experiences of cultural trauma in the U.S. using the Cultural Trauma Scale. She also engages in conceptual scholarship on caste, and class-based ritualized prostitution in India through a reparative justice lens, and contributes to research on poly-victimization among homeless and street-involved children. Rajanya’s work integrates public health and social work frameworks, emphasizing trauma-informed, and community-driven approaches to health equity. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on diversity and social justice, and social policy related to mental health and substance use.
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Geographic Area and Non-Help Seeking Behaviors following Violent Crime Victimization
Sunday, October 26, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT