Mani earned the 2024/2025 UA Local 800 Graduate Fellowship.

Major Paper Title: “From Playground to Workplace: Understanding Risky Play’s Role in Occupational Health and Safety”

Mani is a Masters of Human Kinetics student. Her research is looking into the connection between participation and exposure to risky play in childhood and its impact on occupational health and safety later in life. There is a significant gap in literature researching the connection between risky play and occupational health and safety. She is hoping to formulate a theory that will start to close this gap in the research and cultivate a risk mindset in the workplace to enhance occupational safety culture.