
Jessie Green, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Learning and Interpersonal Development Services (LIDS)
(614) 685-3189 jessie.green@osumc.eduBiography:
Jessie Green, Ph.D. is a research assistant professor and the LEND special education faculty member at
The Ohio State University Nisonger Center. She oversees four community programs serving youth and
adults with autism and intellectual disability to access their communities and postsecondary education.
Jessie has research interests in community integrated employment, transition age youth, inclusive
postsecondary education, and social integration. She brings leadership to both the Ohio Statewide
Consortia and the Great Lakes Inclusive Postsecondary Alliance, supporting inclusive postsecondary
education for students with intellectual disability. Previously, Jessie was an intervention specialist and
job training coordinator in several public-school districts in Arizona and Ohio. She has a B.S. and
M.Ed. in special education from Ohio State and completed her Ph.D. in educational policy. Weaving
her experience in the classroom as an intervention specialist and now in research, Jessie strives to
always expand opportunities for those with disabilities and their families