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Sadaf Jaffer's Biography

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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

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