Jared Lockwood

Bio/Description

Jared Lockwood ’19 MPA ’23, of Hallsville, Missouri, graduated cum laude from Princeton’s Politics department with a focus on international relations. As an undergraduate, Jared was involved in various leadership positions on campus including as a residential college adviser in Rockefeller College, a head fellow with the Scholars Institute Fellows Program, president of the Princeton University Quiz Bowl Club, and as an officer in the Princeton Quadrangle Club. He studied Japanese language and wrote his undergraduate thesis on Japan’s involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After spending summer 2016 on campus conducting research in the Department of Chemistry’s Hecht Lab and volunteering with the Freshman Scholars Institute—of which he is an alum—Jared had formative experiences interning at Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and as the Princeton Club of Japan’s 2018 Osawa Fellow. His time abroad inspired him to pursue public service through international engagement and kickstart his career by becoming a SINSI Graduate Fellow.

Jared’s first fellowship rotation was at the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) policy office in the Department of Defense. In January 2021, he moved to the State Department’s Office of Japanese Affairs and supported various Department efforts during the transition from the Trump administration to the Biden-Harris Administration, including the Senate confirmation hearings of senior Department officials; Secretary Antony Blinken’s visit to Tokyo, the Administration’s first overseas trip by a Cabinet official; and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s visit to the White House, the first receipt of a foreign leader by the Biden-Harris Administration. In September 2021, Jared began his third rotation at USAID, Office of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Desk Officer, focusing on regional development. During summer 2022 he finished his rotation at the U.S. embassy Jakarta