Jasmine Dehghan

MPA, Princeton University, 2019

BA, International Relations, Stanford University, 2013

Jasmine Dehghan is Deputy Director of Programs at the Institute for Advancing Just Societies, where she leads program strategy, partnerships, and implementation at the intersection of research and real-world impact. Her career has been defined by a commitment to strengthening governance institutions, fostering cohesion in diverse societies, and rebuilding trust between communities and the state — work she has carried out across three continents through the design and adaptive management of locally-driven programs. Prior to IAJS, she held leadership roles at USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives – including as Country Representative for Libya, Deputy Country Representative for Burma, and Deputy Team Leader for Coastal West Africa – and as a Program Officer in Governance, Justice, and Security at the U.S. Institute of Peace, consistently partnering with governments, civil society, and multilateral institutions to translate community-level insight into scalable impact.

Jasmine holds a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Stanford University, where she was a Gates Millennium Scholar.