Jennifer Bostic, MA

Jennifer Bostic is an outstanding project director who has been with The Ohio State University since 2007 and the CCEC since 2010. She currently leads a one-year $4 million grant to scale Crane's high-quality literacy program statewide. Read It Again! is a curriculum supplement for early childhood educators that is designed to strengthen young children’s early foundations in literacy and language and pave the way for enhanced kindergarten readiness. Previously, Bostic was the project director for the Early Learning Ohio (ELO) project, a five-year, 4.5 million-dollar IES funded study on early learning policies and programs and the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), a five-year, 20 million-dollar IES funded study on language and literacy. Jennifer is motivated by work that focuses on improving the lives of children and families. She has expertise in project oversite including longitudinal and cross-sectional data collection. She uses her leadership, organization and administrative expertise to achieve project deliverables. Jennifer has a master’s degree in Counselor Education from The Ohio State University and maintains her Professional Counselor licensure in the state of Ohio. Prior to coming to OSU, Jennifer was a school-based clinician for elementary students and families at Southeast, Inc in Columbus, Ohio. When not at work, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, practicing karate, and watching her son play soccer.