Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
Theresa Lou is the Professional Staff Member for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, where she serves as a policy resource to Democratic members on matters related to the Indo-Pacific. Prior to joining the committee, Theresa was a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations for the International Institutions and Global Governance program. She also has prior experience at the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Her writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Defense One, World Politics Review, and others. Theresa received her M.A. in Security Studies and B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.