Her research and teaching focus is on computational making, digital fabrication, craft theory, shape studies, basic design education, and cognitive studies of the design process. From 2010 to 2016, Benay has taught first year design studios, geometry and design computing courses at Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Architecture. She has completed her PhD studies in Architectural Design Computing Program at Istanbul Technical University (2016). Her PhD dissertation is on understanding how material manipulation in design can become an integral part of the computational design process.