About the Authors
Laura Justice, PhD.
is a clinical speech-language pathologist and applied researcher in early childhood language and literacy development, communication disorders, and educational interventions.
Dr. Justice is Professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, where she also directs the Preschool Language and Literacy Lab,
a research unit within the School of Teaching and Learning. Dr. Justice's research activities have been supported by grants from the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Foundation, International Reading Association, National Institutes of Health, and U. S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. Dr. Justice has published
nearly 100 articles and chapters on early education and language/literacy intervention and has authored or edited ten books, including Scaffolding with Storybooks, Shared
Storybook Reading, and Clinical Approaches to Emergent Literacy Intervention. Justice was the Founding Editor of EBP Briefs, published by Pearson, and is currently
serving a 3-year term as Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Anita McGinty, PhD.
is a clinical speech-language pathologist and an interdisciplinary research scientist whose work combines interests in early childhood education, reading, and
communication sciences and disorders. Dr. McGinty is affiliated with the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia.
Her research activities have been supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute for Education Sciences and she has published book chapters on storybook
reading and emergent literacy assessment, as well as empirical studies in such journals as the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Topics in Language
Disorders; Evidence-Based Practice Briefs; Early Education and Development; and Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
