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Jessica Starace

Research Staff

Survey Research Manager

Survey Research, Data Collection and Analysis, Project Management

Biography

Jessica Starace is a Survey Research Manager at the Heldrich Center where she is involved in various survey research and program evaluation projects focusing on workforce development, education, and economic issues. Jessica has contributed to the center's Work Trends public opinion series for 10 years, including co-authoring multiple reports, and conducting literature reviews, collaborating on questionnaire design, and managing data analysis. Jessica also assists the center director with various research and administrative tasks. Prior to joining the Heldrich Center, Jessica worked in a private survey research firm managing studies for clients in media and academia. Jessica graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Sociology, and holds a Master's in Public Policy from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Related Work

Work Trends Surveys on the Great Recession Assessing Select Financial Impact Questions for New Jersey Women- and Minority-owned Businesses Working Hard But Staying Poor: A National Survey of the Working Poor and Unemployed Workers’ Sour Assessment of the U.S. Labor Market and Inflation Cuts Across Party Lines on the Eve of National Elections in 2024 Workplace Divided: Appendix F Workplace Divided: Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination Workplace Divided: Appendix B What’s Next? Using Workplace Divided Data to Help Incorporate Workers’ Perceptions in Workplace Discrimination and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies Workplace Divided: Acknowledgments Topline Results: New Jersey Business Reopening Survey Workplace Divided: References Workplace Divided: How Americans View Discrimination and Race on the Job Twin Crises: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Americans’ Outlook for the Future What a Difference a (Pandemic) Year Makes: Less Concern, More Confidence Expressed by Workers as 2021 Comes to an End Workplace Divided: Endnotes Workplace Divided: Appendix A Insights from the New Jersey Business and Organization COVID-19 Impact Survey What Me Worry? Most Americans Not Concerned about the Impacts of Technology on Jobs (Report) Workplace Divided: Opinions and Experiences: Economic Mobility Workplace Divided: Appendix E Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in their Futures Workplace Divided: List of Figures Joys and Disappointments of Older Part-time Workers (Report) Workplace Divided: Appendix C Trends in American Opinions about Jobs, 2010 to 2021 Workplace Divided Workplace Divided: Appendix D Diversity Forum Presentation New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy A Workplace Divided: A National Survey A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Title I (Workforce Development) and Title II (Adult Literacy) Services Under the WIOA Act in New Jersey State of Workforce Diversity 2023 Forum Proceedings American Workers Assess an Economic Disaster Workplace Divided: Diversity and Equity, and Inclusion and Discrimination Workplace Divided: Authors A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Americans Agree the Economy is Strong, but Worry about the Future: Media Release A Snapshot of How New Jersey’s Working Parents Managed Work, School, and Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Healing the Wounded Economy New Jersey's Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program: Measuring the Awareness and Opinions of New Jersey Workers, October 2020 to July 2022 Survey Results: Assessing the Financial Impact of the Pandemic in New Jersey Workplace Divided: Conclusion Americans' Attitudes About Work, Employers, and the Government New Jersey COVID-19 Business and Nonprofit Organization Survey: Nonprofit Organization Insights A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Americans Agree the Economy is Strong, but Worry about the Future: Topline Data Heldrich Center/NJSBDC Summer 2021 Outlook/Technical Assistance Needs Survey: Final Topline Survey Results Workplace Divided: The Role of Government and Employers Workplace Divided: Executive Summary Impact of the Pandemic on Americans, Young and Old: Household Finances, Stress, and the Role of Government during COVID-19 A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Americans Agree the Economy is Strong, but Worry about the Future: Media Release (full report) Workplace Divided: Table of Contents Whipsawed, Precarious, and Pessimistic: Americans’ Changing Views About the Economy and Labor Market During a Decade of Fundamental Change Workplace Divided: Background, Research Questions, Survey Goals and Methods, and Survey Overview U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Topline Survey Results Findings from the Heldrich Center/NJSBDC Summer 2021 Outlook/Technical Assistance Needs Survey Workplace Divided: List of Tables Work Trends Survey of Recent College Graduates U.S. Workers Assess the Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Infographics