Paige Mustain is a director in the Research, Evaluation & Analytics unit at JFF. She directs and manages research and evaluation efforts related to workforce development and education.

Her skills and areas of expertise include:

• Research design, management, and analysis
• Mixed-methods research and evaluation
• Computational social science
• Digital technology, equity, and education
• Public-private partnership models

Before joining JFF, Mustain was a research data specialist at the California Workforce Development Board, leading program evaluation and research efforts for California’s High Road Training Partnership initiative—a sector-based, industry-driven, worker-focused training partnership model designed to support and advance economically and environmentally resilient communities across the state.

Educational background:

• Bachelor’s degree in communication, University of California at San Diego
• Master’s degree in political economy of information and communication technologies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• PhD in communication, information, and the social sciences, University of Oxford