RADD Lab

10/03/2025

Check out this awesome research opportunity with one of the RADD lab PhD students. Help support her dissertation work!

06/09/2025

So proud of Dr. Sarah Dunkel-Jackson. What an honor to receive this award and fund accessible sports!

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Dunkel-Jackson and her Hockey Challenge Camp on receiving the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award! The NHL presented her award during the Edmonton Stanely Cup Playoffs Game 2 TNT Pre-game show. The NHL is donating $25,000 to The Arc Livingston for our Sports Are For Everyone (SAFE) Challenge programs including Hockey Challenge Camp and Baseball Challenge League that our MSU RADD Lab supports!

05/27/2025

It's week 3 here in Ghana and the students are still making the most of the experience.

05/21/2025

The students continue to have an awesome experience in Ghana.

05/15/2025

It's May, which means that it's time for our Ghana study abroad program again. Check out what the students have been up to in the first week.

05/12/2025

Vote for Sarah Dunkel for all her heard work making sports accessible for everyone!!

The Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award is rewarded annually to someone who, through the game of hockey, has positively impacted his or her community, culture or society and this year one of the finalists is from our own backyard!

Vote for Sarah from East Lansing! → NHL.com/OReeAward

05/03/2025

Yesterday was graduation where we celebrated all of the hard work of our graduates. This included Emily Jensen, doctoral candidate in the lab. Technically she defends her dissertation next week, but we were happy to celebrate all of her hard work. Emily graduated with her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies. During her time at MSU, she worked as assistant teacher at the Child Development Laboratory, taught several HDFS courses, worked as an inclusion consultant on an early childhood curriculum, and presented her research at several state, national, and international conferences. Within the RADD lab, Emily was the manager of for four years and had the opportunity to mentor several undergraduate and graduate student researchers. She led two projects in the lab and worked as an assistant coach for the HAJBA baseball challenge league. We are so proud of Emily and all she has accomplished during her time in the lab. Can't wait to see where life takes her next.

05/01/2025

Today we celebrate our Master's student, Marisol Mora, who is graduating tomorrow and presents her capstone project today. We've loved having Marisol as part of our lab. Marisol is graduating with her Master’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies. While at MSU, Marisol worked as a writing assistant for Great First Eight and as a coder in the RADD Lab. She also completed student teaching at the Child Development Laboratory, where she plans to continue furthering her PreK teaching experience. We're so excited for you Marisol!

04/30/2025

Today wraps up our shout outs to our RADD lab undergrads who are graduating with Emma Riedel! Technically Emma graduated in Fall 2024, but we neglected to recognize her and she's continued to work in the lab since then. Here's a little about Emma. Emma graduated with a Bachelor’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders in Fall 2024. During her time at MSU Emma was a member of the honors college and worked in the RADD lab on the sensor project and a project focused on training SLPs to work with children who use AAC. After graduation, Emma plans to attend graduate school at the University of Buffalo to become an SLP. Emma, we're so proud of you and appreciate all you've contributed to the lab.

04/29/2025

Time to celebrate PJ Pfeiffer! PJ is graduating with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Journalism. While at MSU, he worked at The State News covering culture and the men’s basketball team. He made the Dean’s List five semesters in a row and completed an internship at a non-profit organization working with incarcerated individuals. During his time in the lab, PJ worked on our sensor project. After graduation, PJ is traveling to Ireland for a week with his dad, then is heading to Salzburg, Austria to collaborate in a journalism seminar that will focus on local media, its role in eliminating disinformation, and how it contributes to democracy. In August, he is moving to Brooklyn, looking at jobs in journalism and publishing. Bravo PJ! We can't wait to see where life takes you next.

04/28/2025

Another graduate highlight today, Zainab Alsalihi. Zainab is graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies. She is the first one in her family to earn a college degree. While at MSU and in the RADD lab, she worked on the sensor project and presented her work at UURAF 2025. Zainab plans to attend medical school to become a general surgeon.

04/26/2025

Time to share about Shreya Kankanalapalli!
Shreya is graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and was part of Lyman Briggs and the honors college, earning a 4.0 GPA. She worked on the medical complexities project throughout her time in the RADD lab. After graduation, Shreya plans to attend medical school at MSUCOM Detroit campus. Way to go Shreya! We're so happy we had you in the RADD lab for a time.