Justice, Laura M., 1968-

Laura M. Justice (born October 9, 1968) is a language scientist and expert on interventions to promote children's literacy. She is the EHE Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology at Ohio State University, where she also serves as the Executive Director of the A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning. Justice received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President George W. Bush in 2005. Justice received this award for her scientific research identifying techniques to raise the reading levels of pre-school children from low socioeconomic households and those identified as having language impairments. This award was the first Presidential Early Career Award to be given in the field of education research. Justice's other awards include the Annie Glenn Leadership Award in Speech-Language Pathology and the Early Career Publication Award from the Division of Research, Council for Exceptional Children. Justice has authored several books including Scaffolding with Storybooks: A Guide for Enhancing Young Children's Language and Literacy Achievement, Communication Science and Disorders, Clinical Approaches to Emergent Literacy Intervention, The Syntax Handbook: Everything You Learned About Syntax ...(but Forgot) (with Helen K. Ezell), and Engaging Children with Print: Building Early Literacy Skills through Quality Read-Alouds (with Amy Sofka). Justice has held the position of editor in chief of Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, and Editor of the Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.