Leah Mason is Deputy Director of Research, Evaluation, and Learning at IIE. She leads key research initiatives with a focus on the intersection of student mobility and career readiness, including Project Atlas, Global Workforce Pathways, and the Global Education Research Report series. She is co-PI of the Global Workforce Pathways Project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the first large-scale study of the skills, attributes, and professional pathways of Title VI National Resource Center graduates. Dr. Mason published The Rise of Remote Global Internships: Promising Practices and the Implications for Career Readiness. She has a keen interest in U.S. study abroad, elevating the experiences and voices of niche groups within study abroad, such as student researchers, first-generation college students, and language learners. She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and holds an Ed.D. in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University.