Justin Balcourt

Justin is returning to Clark to take on the role of Assistant Director at the ISSO. Prior to this, Justin was an International Student Advisor at Boston University, and had previously worked as Assistant Director of the American Language & Culture Institute at Clark University. Justin also does contracted linguistic work for Duolingo, has worked as an ESL instructor for Clark University’s China programs and ELS Educational Services, as well as a German language instructor for private companies in New York City. He has been a guest instructor at Kindai University in Osaka, Japan and has experience working in the International Student’s Office at the Paedagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Justin has been an international student twice himself in Germany and the UK, and holds a Masters in Linguistics from Newcastle University and a Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature from Hunter College.