Jessica Chai

Jessica Chai is a senior Liberal Arts Honors student majoring in Government and minoring in Economics, Chinese, and National Security & International Business. Jessica has previously worked at the Brookings Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology as a Fall 2025 Archer Fellow, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and the Texas House of Representatives during the 89th Legislative Session. She is also a member of the Intelligence Studies Project’s Tearline research program, which produces open-source analysis in collaboration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.  
 
On campus, Jessica is Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Orator and staff writer for the Texas Journal of International Affairs, where she publishes pieces on security dilemmas, immigration policy, and campus affairs. Jessica has traveled to South Korea and London with the Clements Center to study the history of U.S. alliances. She most recently spent a month in Japan as part of a nanotechnology engineering program. 
 
Jessica hopes to return to Washington, D.C., as an intelligence analyst for U.S.-China technology competition after graduating. Outside of class, Jessica likes to thrift, cook, and watch movies.