Full Name:
Sadaf F. Jaffer
PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 2007-2015
Attended, Iranian/Persian Languages, Literature, and Linguistics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008-2009
Attended, Iranian/Persian Languages, Literature, and Linguistics, The University of Chicago, 2008
Attended, Advanced Urdu, History, University of California, Berkeley, 2005-2007
BS, Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 2001-2005
Attended, Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies, The American University in Cairo, 2003-2004
Attended, History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
Member, New Jersey General Assembly, District 16, 2022-2024
Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly, District 16, 2021
Mayor, Montgomery Township, 2019-2020
Member, Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2023-present
Member, Health Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, 2023-present
Member, State and Local Government Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly, 2023-present
Researcher/Lecturer, Princeton University
Political Partner, Truman National Security Project, 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 2016-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2015-2016
Preceptor, Princeton University, 2013
Research Analyst, US Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, 2006
Intern, US Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, 2005
Founder/Member, Inspiring South Asian American Women
Board of Trustees, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Present
Board of Directors, The New Agenda, Present
Chair, Inclusion and Equity Committee of Montgomery Township, 2021
Board Member, Montgomery Township Zoning Board, 2021
Vice-Chair, Somerset County Improvement Authority, 2021
Board of Directors/Advisory Board, Art and Resistance Through Education, 2016-Present
Class Member, Emerge New Jersey, 2014