Dr. Benigas is an assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at West Chester University. Her extensive clinical experience as a speech-language pathologist has included work with pediatrics in the private practice and school setting and with adults in the post-acute, long term care and home health settings. Jeanette's experience with adults contributes to her research interests, which involve improving quality of life for persons with dementia, specifically for those who have eating and swallowing impairments. Her research has focused on evaluating reading comprehension abilities in people with dementia for use of visual aids and using Spaced Retrieval to teach swallowing strategies to avoid unwanted dietary modifications. Jeanette received her BA in Speech-Language Pathology from The University of Toledo, her MA from Eastern Michigan University in Speech-Language Pathology and completed a specialization certificate in aging and PhD in Speech and Hearing Science from The Ohio State University.