Una Chaudhuri

Una Chaudhuri serves as Collegiate Professor and Professor of English and Drama at New York University, where she bridges literary scholarship with performance theory. Her academic identity centers on interdisciplinary work connecting theater, ecology, and human experience.

Her research focuses on environmental humanities and performance studies, particularly examining intersections between anthropogenic ecological destruction and human aging processes. Notable analyses include prophetic connections in Rachel Rosenthal's 1990 work linking bodily decay with planetary degradation, establishing her expertise in eco-critical performance theory.

As a commentator for the Routledge Performance Archive, she contributes scholarly perspectives on practitioners and their works, emphasizing how performance art interrogates urgent ecological and existential themes. Her work demonstrates consistent engagement with environmental justice through theatrical frameworks.