Brendan Bartanen is an assistant professor of education policy at the University of Virginia.
His research aims to increase our understanding of the labor market for principals and teachers. In particular, his work examines the intersections among educator turnover, measures of effectiveness, high-stakes evaluation systems, and educator diversity.
Bartanen's work has been published in leading journals across education, public policy, and economics, including the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. His current projects focus on strengthening the teacher pipeline and improving methods to identify high-quality principals based on student outcomes.
He earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, an M.Ed. from Arizona State University, and a B.A. from Pomona College.
