Sandi is Director of the Health and Risk Communication Center and Professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University where she teaches courses in persuasion, interpersonal communication, and communication theory. Her research interests parallel these course topics. In specific, she is focusing her research on four main areas: persuading people to carry signed and witnessed organ donor cards and to engage in family discussion about their decisions related to organ donation, the impact of memorable messages received from important others on topics such as breast cancer, reduction of alcohol consumption on college campuses, and the portrayal of interpersonal relationships in the media.