Lauren Mosely is a program manager with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, she worked at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as a policy research fellow focusing on East Asia-Caribbean relations. Lauren also participated in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program as an assistant language teacher and worked at the U.S.-Japan Council as membership coordinator and program support. She received her bachelor's degree in global politics and East Asian languages and literature from Washington and Lee University.