Sriya Bhattacharyya

Dr. Sriya Bhattacharyya is a psychologist and yogi working at the intersection of social transformation and creative healing. At present, she works as a diversity director and instructor of clinical medical psychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is an active member of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Empowerment Network. Her research and activism are focused on resisting anti-Muslim violence, xenophobia, and caste-based oppression and engaging creative arts. Dr. Bhattacharyya prioritizes her mental health and spiritual well-being by focusing her energies on living in relationship with the land and developing yoga offerings to foster shared connection and liberation.

Dr. Bhattacharyya earned an MA and a PhD in counseling psychology at Boston College. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at Montefiore Medical Center and a post-doctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. She holds certificates in human rights and international justice, apprenticeship in college teaching, and traumatic stress studies and is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor.

Dr. Bhattacharyya has been featured in The Boston Globe, NPR, Al Jazeera, and The New York Times and has received numerous awards and grants, including an Outstanding First Year Course Award from Columbia University students, an Excellence in Campus Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association, a Brookline Community Foundation spotlight grant award, a diversity fellowship from Boston College, and an Orbis Institute international teaching fellowship. Her work is deeply guided by anti-oppression, social liberation, community collaboration, and creative healing principles.