Uma Ramiah

Uma Ramiah is the first participant in a fellowship program established in partnership with Connecticut Public Broadcasting and the New Haven Independent. Uma is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and expects to receive the degree of master of arts in religion with a concentration in African studies from Yale after completing her thesis. She also attended the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. She worked in Dakar as a research intern for Human Rights Watch in 2005-2006 and as a reporting intern for the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Network in 2007. She was a freelance journalist in West and Central Africa in 2007 and 2008.