Background

Uma is a doctoral student in the Department of Comparative Human Development. She graduated in 2017 with a B.A. in Anthropology from Bowdoin College. Uma has worked with young people in a variety of settings, ranging from outdoor experiential education to school-based academic and executive skill coaching.

Research

Uma’s research interests center on narratives of teenage distress. She is interested in how educational and youth development practitioners make sense of and categorize experiences, whether as mental health or otherwise, and how race and gender shape narratives surrounding distress.