Helen Bonny as a Musician

The Child as Musician : A Handbook of Musical Development

Helen.

A conversation with Helen Hobbs.

Helen Hobbs, an HHMI investigator, professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and director of the Dallas Heart Study, is best known for her research focused on identifying genetic factors that predispose people to developing metabolic disorders and heart disease. By studying outliers in the Dallas Heart Study, Hobbs (Figure 1) uncovered a genetic defect responsible for lo...

Liminal States: Life as an Indie Musician on Taiwan

In this paper, I examine the liminal states of Taiwanese guitarist/composer Huang Wan-ting, particularly as these states articulate with similar liminal states of “indie music” and the island of Taiwan. I use the term ‘liminal’ in a non-ritual sense to refer to a structural position on the interstices of recognized roles and identities. In addition, I propose a second type of liminality: a posi...

A Conversation with Helen Sharman

Helen Sharman was driving around London in her car in 1989 when she first heard a radio advertisement asking for applicants for a project to send the first British national to space, specifically to the Soviet Union’s Mir space station. A few years out from receiving her chemistry degree, Sharman was working as a food technologist at Mars, the confectionery company, on a chocolate research proj...