Media Literacy Resume for Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.

Education: Ph.D. in Speech-Communication in 1992 from the Pennsylvania State University. Areas of study include Media and Child Development and the Political Uses of Media.

Materials, Consultations and Collaborations

Author of Smarter Than Your Average Teen: A Media Literacy Curriculum for DWI and Underage Drinking Prevention (Funded by New Mexico Highway Traffic Safety Department). Editorial Board Member for the Centers for Disease Control, Office on Smoking and Health, Counter Marketing Manual. Consultant to White House Office on Drug Control Policy project to produce Marvel Comics books teaching media literacy skills for drug prevention (your friendly neighborhood Spiderman). Reviewer for the Centers for Disease Control Media Sharp media literacy curriculum. Co-Author of two New Mexico Media Literacy Project CD-ROMs teaching media literacy for prevention.

Selected Trainings Given Trainer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership to Keep Youth Alcohol Free initiative, working with Governor's spouses in 29 states. Dozens of teacher in-services including schools districts in 10 states and Safe & Drug Free Schools sponsored workshops in New Mexico. Faculty for Media Literacy Teacher Catalyst Institute 4 day training offered by the New Mexico Media Literacy Project in 1998 & 1999.

Selected Presentations Given

National Keynotes & Plenary Sessions at Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention, Student Assistance Professionals, ASSIST National Meeting, Mother's Against Drunk Driving National Youth Conference, and American Medical Association Medical Reporting Conferences. Keynotes for State Health and Prevention Conventions in 20 states. Youth Prevention Rallies in 15 states.

Dozens of convention trainings and workshops including:

• 2001 National Alcohol Beverage Control Association. Palm Springs, CA
• 2001 American School Health Association, Albuquerque, NM
• 2000 Alcohol Policy Research Conference in Washington, DC
• 2000 American Medical Association Reducing Underage Drinking Coalitions Meeting in Baton Rouge, LA
• 1999 National Convention on Tobacco and Health in Orlando, FL.
• 1998 & 99 Tobacco Use Prevention Summer Institute, Atlanta, GA.
• 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Hundreds of presentations to schools reaching over 250,000 students.

Media Recognition Featured on CBS 48 Hours, Jan. 14th, 1999 for youth alcohol prevention work. Featured "Interview with an Innovator" in Doing Democracy, Winter 2000 issue.