Justin Barbaro is a 3rd year PhD student in Education Leadership and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership at Teachers College. His research foci include international school leadership and management, role transition theory, and school choice. He is a current student in Professor Lesley Bartlett’s course on Globalization, Mobility, and Education (ITSF 5045) where he is working with a research team investigating the relationship between the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and graduate’s perceptions of global citizenship and mobility.
Prior to Teachers College, Justin was a 3rd grade teacher at I.G. Conchos Elementary School as a Teach for America corps member in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also the recipient of a Fulbright grant awarded to study the Korean education system while teaching English as a second language at Bullo Elementary School in Gwangju, South Korea. Justin holds and M.Ed in Elementary Education from Arizona State University and B.A.s in History and Archaeology from the University of Virginia.