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Sarah Mills, Linda J. Hanes
Sarah Mills, Linda J. Hanes
Study Abroad Alumni
Orphanages in Panama are overflowing with kids wishing they had homes and a loving family, and often there’s an unmet need for a creative outlet for these atrisk children. One WMU student spent her summer to help rectify that situation through teaching orphaned children about expression through movement.
Leon Sun, Linda Hanes
Leon Sun, Linda Hanes
International Faculty Researchers
Living and working in two countries provided a cultural contrast that has greatly inspired and influenced the art and design of Yuanliang (Leon) Sun, an associate professor of art at Western Michigan University.
Patrick Wilson, Christine Lena
Patrick Wilson, Christine Lena
International Faculty Researchers
New urban developments in the growing city of Chongqing, China have captured the imagination of Artist Patrick D. Wilson, a Western Michigan University assistant professor of sculpture and integrated media, whose art work is often influenced by architectural imagery.
Martha Councell-Vargas, Christine Lena
Martha Councell-Vargas, Christine Lena
International Faculty Researchers
Travelling to Central America in college is all it took to inspire Martha Councell-Vargas to begin a career of teaching, researching, and performing flute music of the Americas.
Vikram Hemanathan, Linda J. Hanes
Vikram Hemanathan, Linda J. Hanes
International Alumni
When Vikram Hemanathan came to Western Michigan University in 2006, he initially planned for an engineer’s life of logic and analytics, but a lifelong love of the theater became his greater calling.
Alexander Cannon, Carol Barber
Alexander Cannon, Carol Barber
International Faculty Researchers
A chance introduction to a largely unknown genre of Vietnamese royal court music that Dr. Alexander Cannon experienced while majoring in economics and music as an undergraduate forged an interest that changed the trajectory of his intended career path from analyzing economic trends to becoming an ethnomusicologist and an expert on don ca tai tu.
Ed Roth, Margaret Von Steinen
Ed Roth, Margaret Von Steinen
International Faculty Researchers
Can listening to and making music be effectively used in the treatment of people diagnosed with neurologic and psychiatric disorders? This is the primary question Professor Ed Roth, director of WMU’s music therapy program, is attempting to answer in collaboration with colleagues from around the world to improve treatment for people experiencing post-traumatic stress and other acute anxiety disorders. He is a co-founder and director of WMU’s Laboratory for Brain Research and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN) (article) and a Fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapists, who specializes in the application of music in the treatment of neurologic disorders and …