Education
路 PhD, Psychology, University of Florida, 2004
路 MA, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Florida, 2005
路 MS, Psychology, University of Florida, 1999
路 BA, Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, 1997
Research/Professional Interests
路 Child Language Development and Disorders
路 Autism Spectrum Disorder
路 Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Practice
路 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Teaching Experience
路 CSD 3100: Language Development
路 CSD 6020: Child Language Disorders I: Birth to Five
路 CSD 6130: Speech Sound Development and Disorders
路 CSD 6900: Counseling in Communication Sciences and Disorders
路 IHS 3934/5934: Experiential Learning
Clinical Experience
路 Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-present.
路 Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, State of Ohio, 2007-present.
Publications (select)
路 Benigno, J. P., McCarthy, J. W., Reese, P. B., Wright, B. M., & Tewanger, C. (in
press). Graduate students鈥 perspectives on integrating clinical experiences and coursework on autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.
路 Wright, B. M., Benigno, J. P., Boster, J.B., Coologhan, B.K., & McCarthy, J. W.
(in press). Tell me about your picture:鈥 Using drawings to support expressive language in children with autism. Communication Disorders Quarterly.
路 Benigno, J. P., Taylor, S., Hamm, H. L., Wright, B. M. & McCarthy, J. W. (in press).
Training university students about autism spectrum disorder through outreach to school-based speech-language pathologists. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders.
路 Wright, B. M. & Benigno, J. P. (2019). Autism spectrum disorder and sibling
relationships: Exploring implications for intervention using a family systems framework. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28, 759-767.
路 McCarthy, J. W., Benigno, J. P., Broach, J., Boster, J. B., & Wright, B. M. (2018).
Identification and drawing of early concepts in children with autism spectrum disorder and children without disabilities. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 35, 155-165.
路 Benigno, J. P., McCarthy, J. W., Taylor, S., Wright, B., & Lee, C.-Y. (2018). Training
graduate and undergraduate students about autism through community outreach to families. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders,3(1), 1-16.
路 Brown, L., Benigno, J.P., & Geist, K. (2018). Come together: Music therapy and
speech-language pathology students鈥 perspectives on collaboration during an inclusive
camp for children with autism spectrum disorders. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36, 17-25.
路 Tompkins, V., Benigno, J. P., Lee, B., & Wright, B. (2018). Parents鈥 mental state talk
and children鈥檚 theory of mind: a meta-analysis. Social Development, 27, 223-246.
路 Boster, J. B., Benigno, J. P., & McCarthy, J. W. (2017). New models, same principles:
using language development theories to drive the design of supportive augmentative
and alternative communication systems. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2, 40-54.
路 Farrar, M. J., Benigno, J. P., Tompkins, V., & Gage, N. (2017). Are there different
pathways to explicit false belief understanding? general language and complementation
in typical and atypical children. Cognitive Development, 43, 49-66.
Grants
路 Co-Principal Investigator: Ohio Arts Council: Arts Next. Unlocking Music Potential Across the Lifespan. $10,697; 2019.
路 Co-Principal Investigator: 51社区 Baker Fund. Title: Camp R.O.C.K.: Reaching Out and Connecting Kids. $10,905; 2017.
路 Principal Investigator: Training future SLPs about autism through outreach to school SLPs in rural Appalachia. Autism Speaks Local Grants Program. $5,000; 2016.
路 Co-Investigator: The arts research teaching and service learning lab (ARTS Lab). Planning grant-innovative pilot projects. $19,931; 2015.
路 Principal Investigator: 1804 Fund, 51社区. Title: Enhancing Undergraduate Student Learning Through the Construction of Evidence-Based Materials to Families of Children with Autism with Graduate Student and Faculty Mentorship. $20,700; 2014.
Awards and Honors
路 Bruning Teaching Academy Fellow, 51社区, 2019-2020.
路 Recipient, Outstanding Mentor Award, Cutler Scholars Program, 51社区, 2016, 2019.
路 Recipient, Outstanding Tutor Award, Honors Tutorial College, 51社区, 2017.
路 Finalist, 51社区 Presidential Teacher Award, 51社区, 2017.
路 Recipient, Outstanding Mentor Award, Cutler Scholars Program, 51社区. AY 2015-2016.
路 Finalist, College of Health Sciences and Professions Outstanding Teaching Award, 2016.
路 Recipient, Lee Cibrowski Faculty Advising and Mentoring Award, 51社区, 2015.
University/Professional Service
路 Coordinator of Professional Programs, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2013-present
路 First Year Council University Standing Committee. Co-Chair 2015-2019.
路 Selection Panel Member, Cutler Scholars Program. 2016; 2018.
路 CHSP Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2018-present
路 Review Committee, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 2018-present.
路 Editorial Board Member, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2018-present.