Ananya Tiwari

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Dr Ananya Tiwari is an assistant professor of educational psychology at Texas A&M University and co-founder of SwaTaleem Foundation. Her research focuses on girls’ education, belonging, socio-emotional development, marginalised youth, educational technology, and culturally responsive evaluation. Ananya’s work bridges research, policy, and practice across the United States and India. She is a member of Springer Nature’s US Research Advisory Council and has received awards from AERA, CIES, Google, and Nature for her research and leadership.


Areas of expertise

Psychology, girls' education, research, culturally responsive evaluation


Articles by Ananya Tiwari


close-up shot of a person's hands as she draws a figure mapping out power relationships between nonprofits, government schemes, relatives, etc.--

September 23, 2026
Who has the power to shape social change?
Social problems are shaped by complex power dynamics. Power mapping can help nonprofits understand these systems and design more context-sensitive solutions.
Children sitting together and smiling

November 13, 2020
Lessons in crowdfunding
Five strategies that worked, and five that didn’t.
Girl drawing a picture_Charlotte Anderson

November 26, 2019
Socio-emotional learning: How to get it right
What does it take to run a socio-emotional learning (SEL) programme well? What should you avoid doing? Here are 10 steps you need to follow to be effective.
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