People

People in the RADD lab

Faculty and Graduate Students

Sarah N. Douglas, Associate Professor and RADD Lab Director

Fun fact: Sarah won a crawling contest as an infant! 

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Sarah Dunkel-Jackson, Research Faculty and POWR Project Manager

Fun fact: Sarah loves coaching and playing sports. She played for the State Championship Bath Bees softball team, played lacrosse in college, and now coaches baseball, softball, and basketball for youth with and without disabilities. 

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Dr. Patricia West, College of Nursing

Fun fact: Patty's favorite candy is Swedish fish! 

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Dr. Atikah Bagawan, Research Assistant on the POWR Project

Fun fact: Atikah loves extreme sports! 

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Dr. Şerife Demirdağlı, Visiting Scholar from Turkey

Fun fact: Şerife loves solving challenging puzzles and knitting! 

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Emily Jensen, Doctoral Candidate in Child Development and Lab Manager

Fun fact: Emily has lived in Michigan her entire life! 

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Prince Owusu, Doctoral Student in Child Development

Fun fact: Prince loves board games! 

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Chandani Bhandari, Doctoral Candidate in Child Development

Fun fact: Chandani's name means "moonlight" in Hindi!

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Sarah Khan, Medical Student

Fun fact: Sarah can solve a rubric's cube! 

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Marisol Mora, Master's Student in Child Development

Fun Fact: Marisol's favorite thing about MSU is how beautiful the campus is, especially during the fall time when all the leaves are changing. 

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Ayesha Rehman, Master's Student in Child Development

Fun fact: Ayesha is a great cook and loves to make burgers for her family and friends! 

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Undergraduate Students

Joseph Kesto, Senior, Neuroscience and Public Health

Fun fact: Joseph is obsessed with concerts and touched Lil Nas X at his most recent show! 

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Saishreya Kankanalapalli, Senior, Human Biology

Fun fact: Shreya has been dancing since she was six years old! 

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Casey Reed, Senior, HDFS and Psychology 

Fun fact: Casey grew up running triathlons with her dad! 

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Liz Mallory, Senior, Psychology

Fun fact: Liz twirled baton competitively from age 5 to age 17! 

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Emma Riedel, Senior, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Fun fact: Emma is a huge fan of the Buffalo Bills. 

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Yumi Yuag, Senior HDFS

Fun fact: Yumi loves cotton candy ice cream! 

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Haley Doss, Senior, Human Biology

Fun fact: Haley loves to attend sporting events at MSU! 

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PJ Pfeiffer, Senior, Psychology and Journalism

Fun fact: PJ has been on television twice! 

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Zainab Alsalihi, Senior, HDFS 

Fun fact: Zainab loves how inclusive MSU is! 

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Dominique Smith, Senior, Psychology

Fun fact: Dominique collects unique antiques! 

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Shreshta Sinha, Junior, Neuroscience

Fun fact: Shreshta wants to start a biotech therapy company! 

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Dre'Ana O'Neal, Junior, Psychology

Fun fact: Dre'Ana's favorite activities include playing piano, drawing, and reading. 

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Alekya Vudathu, Junior, Human Biology

Fun Fact: Aleyka has been performing in dance showcases since she was three! 

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Latrell Massey, Junior, Human Biology Pre-Med

Fun fact: Latrell loves the beautiful scenery at MSU.

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Sindhu Marthi, Junior, Neuroscience and Spanish

Fun fact: Sinhu loves to plan trips, even if they never happen! 

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Emily Stephenson, Junior, Child Development

Fun fact: Emily loves the atmosphere of MSU, especially in the fall. 

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Abby McCarty, Junior, Special Education, Elementary Education, minor in Dance

Fun fact: Abby coreographs musicals for MSU Department of Theater! 

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Alina Acosta, Junior, Psychology

Fun fact: Alina speaks English, French, and Spanish, and is currently learning Arabic! 

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Charlize Haworth, Junior, Psychology and Neuroscience

Fun fact: Charlize loves to paddle board! 

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Ava Taylor, Sophomore, Neuroscience

Fun fact: Ava loves the diverse learning community at MSU! 

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Neha Menon, Sophomore, Human Biology

Fun fact: If Ava were an animal, she would be a monkey because they're so carefree! 

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