ISLAMABAD – Pakistani-American woma Sadaf Jaffer has been sworn in as themayor of the Montgomery Township, becoming the first South Asian-Americanwoman mayor in New Jersey.
Jaffer was sworn in on January 3 and previously served as a Montgomerycommitteeperson. She has been a resident of the area of five years and waselected to the committee last year.
The new mayor is a scholar and activist. She has worked for the UnitedStates Marine Corps Centre for Advanced Operational Culture Learning andthe US Department of State’s Bureau of South Asian Affairs.
She is currently a postdoctoral research associate in South Asian studiesat Princeton University where she teaches courses on South Asian, Islamicand Asian American Studies.
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Jaffer earned her bachelor’s degree in foreign service from GeorgetownUniversity and obtained her PhD in near eastern languages and civilisationswith a secondary field in studies of women, gender and sexuality fromHarvard University.
