Associate Professor – Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Bhargava is a Kent native, and after eight years in California and six in Pittsburgh, PA, she is glad to be back in Kent and at the College of Public Health at Kent State University. She joined the Kent State College of Public Health faculty in 2012 and currently serves as the undergraduate studies coordinator for the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, including the new undergraduate concentration in community-based public health. Dr. Bhargava coordinates and teaches the undergraduate Strategies for Prevention, Health Disparities and Capstone Experience courses. Her dissertation, completed at the University of Pittsburgh, focused on cognitive interference in response to weight loss stimuli in individuals in structured weight loss programs.
Education
DrPH, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
MA, Curriculum Studies & Teacher Education, Stanford University, 2003
BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, 1999