Justin Patrick, PhD (Educational Leadership and Policy) is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at Wenzhou-Kean University. His research focuses on student leadership in global perspective, including ways that students can develop leadership skills while actively making a difference to enrich their school and campus communities.

Dr. Patrick’s research explores students’ potential to benefit the world around them, even before they graduate. He goes wherever his research focus takes him, which has resulted in publications involving qualitative research, quantitative research, as well as theory and philosophy. He researches student leadership in both K-12 and higher education contexts. He is passionate about developing courses and practical research opportunities that empower students to publish academic works, so they can maximize their chances of success on post-graduation job markets.  

During his years as a student, Dr. Patrick served in a variety of student leadership roles from campus to global levels, culminating in his role as President of the Global Student Government (2022-2024). In 2024, he negotiated a merger between the Global Student Government and the Global Student Forum to unite students around the world and give a boost to their extracurricular activities.

2024 Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2019 Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2018 Bachelor of Social Science Joint Honours in Political Science and History (co-op), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Educational Leadership
• Student Leadership
• Student Government
• Student Organizations
• Extracurricular Activities

 Present                                Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership (Tenure-Track), Wenzhou-Kean University

 

2025.01-2025.08                  Research Assistant, University of Victoria, Canada 

                                                Researched student leadership

                                                   

2025                Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Leaders & Legends – Emerging Leader Award

 

2024                OISE Associate Dean Research, International & Innovation Graduate Student Conference Travel Program, $750 CAD.

 

2023                American Political Science Association Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section Travel Grant, $400 USD.

 

2022                Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, $80,000 CAD.

 

2021                Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 CAD.

 

2021                American Historical Association Historian’s Relief Fund Grant, $500 USD.

 

2020               University of Toronto Fellowship, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, $34,561.02 CAD.

 

2019               Conference Travel and Accommodations Funding, American Political Science Association, estimated to be around $1000 USD.

 

2019               University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate History Conference 2019 Prize for a presentation that most creatively engaged with the conference theme $100 USD.

 

2013               University of Ottawa Admissions Scholarship, $16,000 CAD.

 

 

Book-Length

Patrick, J. C. M. (2024). The University of Ottawa Students’ Union Revolution [Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada)]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3127489914/abstract/AFE1B12688874B9APQ/1

 

Refereed Articles

7. Banoğlu, K., Hacifazlioğlu, Ö., & Patrick, J. (2025). Promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Reframing Student Agency and Democratic Participation in K-12 Schools: Perspectives From Student Leaders. Leading & Managing, 31(1), 90–111. https://journals.flvc.org/leading-and-managing/issue/view/6508

 

6. Patrick, J. (2025). Hidden curriculum barriers hindering graduate student success: An autoethnography on student status discrimination. Power and Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438251331924

 

5. Patrick, J., Patrick, D., & Zahreba, O. (2024). Voter Turnout Analysis of Canadian Undergraduate Student Unions, 2016-2018. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education/ Revue Canadienne Des Jeunes Chercheures et Chercheurs En Éducation, 15(2), Article 2. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/79979. 50% of the contribution. I am the lead author.

 

4. Patrick, J. (2024). Promoting student empowerment in student partnership-student representation integrations. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01252-8

 

3. Patrick, J., & Haye, T. (2023). Far-Right Incursions on Canadian Postsecondary Campuses 2012-2022: A Qualitative Content Analysis. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education/ Revue Canadienne Des Jeunes Chercheures et Chercheurs En Éducation, 14(2), 86-95, Article 2. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/77233. 50% of the contribution. I am the corresponding author.

 

2. Patrick, J. (2023). Overcoming the student representation-student partnership dichotomy: Toward a political conception of the student voice. Higher Education, 86(2), 353–368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00936-3

 

1. Patrick, J. (2022). Student Leadership and Student Government. Research in Educational Administration and Leadership, 7(1), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.30828/real.951165

 

Book Reviews

19. Patrick, J. (2025). Michael C. Behrent, “Becoming Foucault: The Poitiers Years”. Philosophy in Review, 45(2), Article 2. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/22282

 

18. Patrick, J. (2025). Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities: edited by Martha C. Nussbaum, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2024, 170 pp., £10.04 (paperback), ISBN: 9780691264394. Educational Review, 0(0), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2025.2506973

 

17. Patrick, J. (2024). Sigal R. Ben-Porath, “Cancel Wars: How Universities Can Foster Free Speech, Promote Inclusion, and Renew Democracy.” Philosophy in Review, 44(3), Article 3. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/21945

 

16. Patrick, J. (2024). Review of Katina Paron and Javier Güelfi’s A NewsHound’s Guide to Student

Journalism, Edition 1.1. H-Net Reviews, Jhistory. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=60662

 

15. Patrick, J. (2023). Book Review: Students Mentoring Students in K-8 Classrooms: Creating a learning community where children communicate, collaborate, and succeed. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne de l’éducation, 46(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.53967/cje-rce.6457

 

14. Patrick, J. C. M. (2023). Chiara Cordelli “The Privatized State.” Philosophy in Review, 43(3), Article 3. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/21002

 

13. Patrick, J. (2023). The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World by Roland Rich, Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books, 2023, 288 pp., $24.99 (softcover), ISBN: 978-0-7618-7372-3. New Political Science, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2023.2205321

 

12. Patrick, J. C. M. (2022). Camila Vergara, “Systemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic.” Philosophy in Review, 42(4), 45-48, https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/21003

 

11. Patrick, J. C. M. (2022). Gregg Lambert, “The Elements of Foucault.” Philosophy in Review, 42(3), 14-16. https://doi.org/10.7202/1092043ar

 

10. Patrick, J. (2022). The channels of student activism: How the left and right are winning (and losing) in campus politics today. Educational Review, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2022.2090173

 

9. Patrick, J. C. M. (2022). Wendy Brown, Peter E. Gordon, and Max Pensky, “Authoritarianism: Three Inquiries in Critical Theory.” Philosophy in Review, 42(1), 4-6. https://doi.org/10.7202/1087996ar

 

8. Patrick, J. (2021). Helene Berman Catherine Richardson Kate Elliott Eugenia Canas Everyday Violence in the Lives of Youth: Speaking Out and Pushing Back. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing, 2020. $25.00 USD. pp. 232. ISBN 9781773631035. World Medical & Health Policy, 13(4), 776–778. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.406

 

7. Patrick, J. C. M. (2020). Dana Villa, “Teachers of the People: Political Education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill.” Philosophy in Review, 40(4), 170-172. https://doi.org/10.7202/1074036ar

 

6. Patrick, J. C. M. (2020). Review of Nathan Crick’s Dewey for a New Age of Fascism: Teaching Democratic Habits. Philosophy in Review, 40(2), 50–52. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/19486

 

5. Patrick, J. (2019). Review of Kenneth Joel Zogry’s Print News and Raise Hell: The Daily Tar Heel

and the Evolution of a Modern University. H-Net Reviews, Jhistory. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=54290

 

4. Patrick, J. (2019). Review of Katina Paron and Javier Güelfi’s A NewsHound’s Guide to Student

Journalism. H-Net Reviews, Jhistory. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=53954

 

3. Patrick, J. (2019). Review of The Fundamentals of Students’ Unionism. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 10(1). https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/52928/pdf?fbclid=IwAR2vIy1v_hV2S5WoSjSUVUbSD9qtCX9ZLQ27jWjiWbstqYH3Hu7qY0mPvls. This was peer-reviewed.

 

2. Patrick, J. (2019) Review of Mary Layton Atkinson’s Combative Politics: The Media and Public Perceptions of Lawmaking. H-Net Reviews, Jhistory. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=53384

 

1. Patrick, J. (2018). Review of Knobel, Beth, The Watchdog Still Barks: How Accountability Reporting Evolved for the Digital Age. H-Net Reviews, Jhistory. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=52875 

 

Conference Presentations

34. Patrick, J. (2025, April 26). Impacts of Student Government Malpractice on Student Political Attitudes. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2025 (Denver, Colorado, United States).

 

33. Patrick, J. (2025, April 24). Roundtable Chair for “Resistance and Solidarity (Table 2).” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2025 (Denver, Colorado, United States).

 

32. Khushal, S., Patrick, J, Ssali, H, & Zhang, Z. (2025, April 5). Beyond COVID-19: A Call for Advocacy through Innovation and the Pivotal Role of Leadership in Driving Change. The Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education (Kingston, Ontario, Canada).

 

31. Patrick, J. (2024, September 6). Perspectives on Politics of Survivors of Student Government Authoritarianism. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Panel: Civic Engagement and Service Learning on College Campuses (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States).

 

30. Patrick, J. (2024, September 6). How the American Political Science Association Can Save Political Science. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Poster Session: Political Science Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States). The poster can be viewed here: https://apsa2024-apsa.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=FE-40-BC-18-59-C2-5F-F9-3A-0D-F2-F6-55-3C-7B-B3

 

29. Patrick, J. (2024, June 18). Student Leadership Perspectives of Students Who Experienced Perceived Student Leadership Malpractice. Canadian Society of the Study of Higher Education 2024 Annual Conference (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

 

28. Patrick, J. (2024, June 14). Political Perspectives of Student Leaders who Organized Against Student Union Corruption and Mismanagement at the University of Ottawa, Canada, 2015-2019. Canadian Political Science Association 2024 Annual Conference (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

 

27. Patrick, J. (2024, June 14). Discussant Presentation for Panel, “Digital Methods in Political Science

Research.” Panel of the International Association for Political Science Students at the Canadian Political Science Association 2024 Annual Conference (Online).

 

26. Patrick, J. (2024, March 23). The University of Ottawa Students’ Union Revolution. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Graduate Student Research Conference (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; hybrid, participated online). https://youtu.be/HLIauqIKlj0.

 

25. Patrick, J. (2024, February 9). How the American Political Science Association Can Save Political Science: Toward a Student-Centric Political Science Education. APSA Virtual Research Meeting: Challenges in Political Science (Online).

 

24. Patrick, J. (2024, January 5). The Influence of Jock Turcot on the Canadian Higher Education Student Movement. American Historical Association 137^th Annual Meeting (San Francisco, California, United States). I also organized the panel the paper was presented at, “Student Movements and Youth Activism: A Global Perspective”.

 

23. Khushal, S., Patrick, J., Ssali, H., & Zhang, Z. (2023, October 14). Beyond COVID-19: A Call for Advocacy through Innovation and the Pivotal Role of Leadership in Effectuating Change. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Centre for Leadership and Diversity Conference (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

 

22. Patrick, J. (2023, August 11). The Influence of Jock Turcot on the Canadian Higher Education Student Movement. Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association 116th Annual Meeting (Online).

 

21. Patrick, J. & Zahreba, O. (2023, July 19). Voter Turnout Analysis of Canadian Undergraduate Student Unions, 2016-2018. International Political Science Association 27^th World Congress (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

 

20. Patrick, J. (2023, July 18). Overcoming the student representation-student partnership dichotomy: Toward a political conception of the student voice. International Political Science Association 27^th World Congress (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

 

19. Patrick, J. (2023, June 22). Overcoming the student representation-student partnership dichotomy: Toward a political conception of the student voice. 17^th Higher Education Reform Conference. Higher Education Reform (University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom).

 

18. Patrick, J. (2023, May 30). Historical Contexts of Student Activism for Food Justice in Canada. 18^th Annual Assembly of the Canadian Association for Food Studies. Congress 2023 of the Humanities and Social Sciences (York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

 

17. Patrick, J., Ssali, H., & Zhang, Z. (2023, May 16). Measuring Student Power and Leadership in Student Governance. 2023 International Association for Political Science Students World Congress. International Association for Political Science Students (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

 

16. Patrick, J. (2023, May 15). Overcoming the student representation-student partnership dichotomy: Toward a political conception of the student voice. 2023 International Association for Political Science Students World Congress. International Association for Political Science Students (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

 

15. Khushal, S., Patrick, J., Ssali, H., & Zhang, Z. (2023, April 1). Beyond COVID-19: A Call for Advocacy through Innovation and the Pivotal Role of Leadership in Effectuating Change. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Graduate Student Research Conference (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

 

14. Patrick, J. (2023, March 3). Voter Turnout Analysis of Canadian Undergraduate Student Unions, 2016-2018. Inaugural Conference of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association (Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States).

 

13. Patrick, J. (2023, February 22-23). Overcoming the student representation-student partnership dichotomy: Toward a political conception of the student voice. CACUSS Grad Student Network Poster Session. Canadian Association of College & University Student Services (Online). The poster can be viewed here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368714064_Overcoming_the_student_representation-student_partnership_dichotomy_toward_a_political_conception_of_the_student_voice

 

12. Patrick, J. (2023, February 18). Alumni Breakout Activity. Ontario Student Trustees Association (OSTA-AECO) Board Council Conference, Ottawa (In-person). I answered student trustees’ questions about student government and related topics.

 

11. Patrick, J. (2022). Student Leadership and Student Government. 2022 International Association for Political Science Students World Congress (Online).

 

10. Patrick, J. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities Facing Student Academic Publishing. International Political Science Association World Congress 2021 (Online).

 

9. Patrick, J. (2021). On Writing a Political Metatheory of Student Government. International Association for Political Science Students World Congress 2021 (Online).

 

8. Patrick, J. (2021). Discussant Presentation for Panel, “The Future of Liberal Democracy and New Trends in International Politics.” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2021 (Online).

 

7. Patrick, J. (2020). International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)’s response to COVID-19. Human Rights and Human Responsibilities Before, During and After Quarantine – IAPSS Ukraine, Syaivo International Cultural Center (Online). My presentation can be viewed here from 2:46:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kypp87xDTA.

 

6. Patrick, J. (2020). Perspectives on Political Science Student Representation, Advocacy, and Activism in the Context of the Global Student Movement. Youth of Integrity and Anti-Corruption Indonesia (YOI!Action) and South-Sumatera Politik Cerdas Berintegritas Webinar, “Rethinking Political Science’s Contribution in the New Era” 2020 (Online).

 

5. Patrick, J. (2020). Challenges Facing Student Governments Around the World. International Association for Political Science Students Asia, “Student Politicians’ Roundtable” 2020 (Online). https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2676941332584210

 

4. Patrick, J. (2019). Lamentation of a Political Science Student. “Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major” - American Political Science Association (University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States).

 

3. Patrick, J. (2019). Secondary Student Representation in Ontario, Canada. International Association for Political Science Students World Congress 2019 (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain).

 

2. Patrick, J. (2019). Secondary Student Representation in Ontario, Canada. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Graduate Student Research Conference (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada).

 

1. Patrick, J. (2019). Modernization, Student Activism, and the Battle for Knowledge Surrounding the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate History Conference 2019 (Amherst, Massachusetts, United States).