Education
Master of Arts in Asian Studies, Georgetown University (2018)
Bachelor of Arts, Temple University (2013)
Experience
2023 – Present: Stephen M. Kellen Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
2023 – Present: U.S.-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative Non-Resident Scholar, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
2021 – Present: Adjunct Fellow, Global Taiwan Institute
2021 – 2024: Policy Manager, U.S. and Asia, Access Partnership
2020 – 2021: Policy Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy
2019 – 2020: Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
2018 – 2019: Policy Analyst, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
2016 – 2017: Junior Researcher, Center for Strategic and International Studies
2013 – 2016: Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
Selected Publications and Papers
- “Japan’s Economic, Scientific, and Technological Engagement with the United States and International Economic Organizations in the 1960s.” Chapter in “Japan in the 1960s.” Routledge. August 23, 2024. https://www.routledge.com/Japan-in-the-1960s-Ten-Years-of-Turning-Points/Eldridge-Morgan/p/book/9781032796482.
- “PM Kishida’s State Visit Promises More US-Japan Tech Collaboration.” JAPAN Forward. April 17, 2024. https://japan-forward.com/fumio-kishida-state-visit-tech-policy-us-collaboration/.
- “TSMC Opens Its First Production Facility in Kumamoto, Japan.” Global Taiwan Brief. Global Taiwan Brief. Vol 9. Issue 5. March 2024. https://globaltaiwan.org/2024/03/tsmc-opens-its-first-production-facility-in-kumamoto-japan/.
- “Artificial Intelligence and U.S.-Japan Relations.” JETs on Japan Forum. US Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. January 2024. https://www.usjetaa.org/news/jets-on-japan-artificial-intelligence-and-us-japan-relations.
- “US-Japan Economic Security Coordination Update.” Sasakawa Peace Foundation, USA. US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative. October 4, 2023. https://spfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/For-Pub-US-Japan-Economic-Security-Coordination-Update-Jacobs-Sept-23.pdf.
- Erik Jacobs and Paul Bezerra. “CTRL+ALT+DELETE.” On The Rise: Perspectives on Foreign Policy. Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders Class of 2021, March 2022. pp. 5-8. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CTRL-ALT-DEL_Final-1.pdf.
- “The Need for U.S.-Australia Leadership to Counter China Across the Indo-Pacific.” Policy Paper 36 (PP36). ISBN: 2209-2447. March 2021: 1-10. https://www.cis.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pp36.pdf.
- “Prospects for the Future of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Relationship.” JETs on Japan Forum. Vol. 1. No. 3. March 2021: 1-8. https://usjetaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/jacobs-usjetaa-2.pdf.
