Dr. Bhargava’s research interests focus on educational equity and social equity as a foundation for health equity. How do we ensure that all students are able to succeed in college? What are our institutions doing to ensure equity in access to education, opportunities, and success? Dr. Bhargava’s work examines the impact of differences in “mental bandwidth” on academic success. Her research focuses on how mental bandwidth affects success, and how to streamline mental bandwidth demands on students in higher education settings. She is currently designing and evaluating a “Bandwidth Toolkit” for faculty, to help them to reduce extraneous bandwidth demands in their courses and thereby increase equity in student success.
