Dr. Ria Bharadwaj

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About Ria

Dr. Ria Bharadwaj is a Principal at Tyton Partners, where she works with institutions, investors, and nonprofits to navigate the evolving education landscape. She brings deep expertise in higher education, research analytics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, helping clients make informed, data-driven decisions that drive meaningful impact.

Ria’s career spans strategy, research, and teaching. Before joining Tyton Partners, she was a research analyst at Human Capital Research Corporation (HCRC), where she helped colleges and universities optimize recruitment and financial aid strategies. Earlier in her career, she designed DEI training programs for faculty and staff at Princeton University and taught 7th-grade special education math in the South Bronx through Teach for America.

With a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Harvard, Ria applies a research-backed approach to solving complex challenges in education. She is passionate about ensuring institutions and investors have the insights they need to serve students effectively—both today and in the future.

Recent Project Highlights

• Higher ed: Researched and published annual reports on the evolution of higher education student success via digital teaching and learning and technology-enabled advising, including impact of generative AI
• Workforce: Co-developed a detailed strategy and implementation plan with a state board of education for the identified education & training needs of the state’s healthcare workforce
• Higher ed: Evaluated US higher education market opportunity and growth potential of illustrative acquisition targets in identified target segments; detail most viable paths to scaling institutional revenues given industry growth dynamics and regulatory landscape

Interests and Passion Projects

• 1:1 mentoring to increase college access among underserved student communities
• Quilting, home DIY projects, baking brown butter chocolate chip cookies, and true crime media consumption

Education

• B.A., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
• M.S., Education, Hunter College, CUNY
• M.S., Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellowship, Social Psychology, Harvard University

Quotes

“Education paves all roads to success. I’m passionate about using data-driven strategic thinking to help organizations expand access to quality teaching and learning.”