Hi, I’m Tara.
I received my PhD from UC Berkeley in December 2023, and I am currently working as a policy consultant and independent researcher. My areas of focus are U.S. foreign policy, tech policy, and international security.
In 2021, I was selected as part of the inaugural class of the Aspen Strategy Group’s Rising Leaders Program. In 2022, I was accepted to Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen program. I have also served as part of the Graduate Student Team for the Future Strategy Forum. In the 2022-2023 academic year, I was a United States Institute of Peace Minerva Peace and Security scholar.
Prior to beginning graduate studies at Berkeley, I completed my Master’s degree in Global Affairs at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.
In my pre-academic professional life, I worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where I served as the lead researcher on a book on U.S. foreign policy and national security, and served in research roles in other think tanks. I also have a myriad of government experience, both in the federal government and on the Hill.