Omar Cham
Email: ocham@nd.edu
Graduate Fellow, 2025-26
Omar Cham is a Master of Global Affairs student in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Gambia in 2022, and he was a Speaker of the National Youth Parliament of The Gambia and a Mandela Washington Fellow in 2023.
As a policy impact assistant at the Keough School’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, he applies his experience to initiatives addressing global poverty and inequality. Collaborating with scholars, policymakers and practitioners has broadened his perspective on governance challenges and solutions worldwide.