Contact Information
702 South Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
Research Interests
Health Communication
Environmental Risk Communication
Media Effects
Education
M.A., Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.A., Communication Studies, University of Delaware
B.A., Psychology, University of Delaware
Grants
NCA Student Caucus Travel Grant, 2021
Ruth Anne Clark Scholar Award, 2020
Michael Haley Travel Grant, 72nd Annual ICA Conference, 2022
Awards and Honors
Top Student Paper Award, International Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division, 2021
University of Illinois Health Maker Lab Fellow, 2020
Courses Taught
Public Speaking (CMN 101)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Illinois Promise ("I-Promise") mentoring program (2020-present)
Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) (2022-present)
Recent Publications
Benevento, S. V. (2022). Communicating Climate Change Risk to Children: A Thematic Analysis of Children’s Climate Change Literature. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01294-y