Jane Mauldon holds a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs and an M.P.A. in Public and International Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning. She is an Associate Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley. She  previously served as served as Associate Director of the U.C. Berkeley Survey Research Center has worked as a consultant in the fields of labor, economics, and health for 30 years.

She has been investigating how the implementation of public policies, specifically welfare and foster care policies, affect the well being of children and youth.  Given that agencies' interpretation of and response to policy mandates vary according to local political cultures and economic constraints, what are the implications for welfare recipients and foster children?

Dr. Mauldon is also studying cross-agency collaboration in the foster care system, exploring the circumstances and opportunities that lead agencies to transcend parochial, budget-driven agendas and cooperate across agency lines.