The sky's the limit
Kathryn Hansen, A&S '05 (MA), describes herself as a "space
nut." "My dream job is to be an astronaut," says Hansen,
who majored in physics and astronomy at the University of
Washington before coming to the
Writing Seminars at Hopkins. She didn't get the chance
to indulge in space travel during her semester-long tenure
as Johns Hopkins Magazine's Corbin Gwaltney Fellow,
but she did get to engage in her passion for writing. The
Seattle native wrote about such varied topics as cancer
research funding, music classes for preschoolers, and what
people at Hopkins were doing to aid tsunami victims in
South Asia. Her favorite assignment of all, she says, was
profiling a half dozen female scientists from across
Hopkins for this issue's "Wired for
Science" feature. "It was fun to go out and meet
scientists," she says. "It reminded me of why I want to be
a science writer — because I get to learn a little
about a lot of different things."
After graduation, Hansen has plans for a summer internship
at Geotimes in Alexandria, Virginia.
Textual pleasures
With washes of citrine and aqua and dreamy images of books
and old-fashioned electric fans, artist and illustrator
Hadley Hooper sought to evoke the warmth of a lazy summer
afternoon for this issue's
"Ultimate Summer Reading List." A Colorado native who
lives in Denver, Hooper plans to spend her summer painting
and illustrating, with occasional forays into the garden
outside her studio, where she recently discovered a nest of
four cottontail rabbits. An avid reader, she often uses
passages from her favorite books for inspiration. "One of
my favorite authors is Julio Cortázar — his
short stories and his book Hopscotch," she says. "Up
until a couple years ago, every summer I would re-read
[Gabriel Garcia Marquez'] One Hundred Years of
Solitude. It's interesting to revisit characters and
situations and recognize different things in them as I
mature."
Hooper's work has appeared in such publications as The
New York Times, The Boston Globe, Harper's and The
New Yorker.
— Maria Blackburn
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Photographer Kellie Jo Brown ("The
Long Strange Trip of David Hoffman") is based in
Eureka, California. Reach her at 707.445.5724 or
kelliejobrown@sbcglobal.net. |
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Illustrator William L. Brown
(Wholly Hopkins: "Now
Virtually Everywhere") can be reached through his Web
site,
www.wmlbrown.com. |
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Photographer Mike Ciesielski
("Wired for Science") is
based in Baltimore. Call him at 410-253-8274. |
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Illustrator Stephanie Dalton Cowen
("Ruminations") resides
in Atlanta, Georgia. See more of her work at
www.daltoncowan.com or reach her at 770-509-1099. |
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Writer Amy Cowles
(Wholly Hopkins: "Spring
brings a bevy of Guggenheims") is a media relations
representative in the
Office of News and Information. Contact her at
amycowles@jhu.edu. |
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Writer Ann Davenport, A&S '05, MA,
("Ruminations") is a
consultant for JHPIEGO, a Johns Hopkins affiliate. She can
be reached at
ann.davenport@believewireless.net. |
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Photographer John Davis ("The Big
Question") is based in Baltimore. Contact him by
calling 410-241-2767. |
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Photographer John Dean (Wholly
Hopkins: "Lucky break leads to fake") is based in
Baltimore. You can reach him through his Web site,
www.johndeanphoto.com, or at 410-243-8357. |
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Janet Dreyer (Wholly Hopkins:
"A precision attack on cancer) is based in Pasadena,
California. Reach her 626-793-4578 or through her Web site,
www.genies.com. |
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Freelance writer Jim Duffy ("Crazy
Success") lives in Cambridge, Maryland. He can be
reached at 443-799-8627. |
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Illustrator John S. Dykes
(Wholly Hopkins: "Rethinking
technology transfer") lives and works in Sudbury,
Massachusetts. Reach him at 978-443-7772 or visit his Web
site,
www.JSDYKES.com. |
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Will Kirk '99 (Wholly Hopkins:
"Michael Klag named dean of Bloomberg School" and
"Vignette") is a
photographer for Homewood Photographic Services. E-mail him
at
photokirk@aol.com. |
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Christopher Myers (Wholly
Hopkins: "Making wildest dreams come true
in South Africa")
is a Baltimore-based photographer. To see more of his fine
art images, go to
www.cmyersphotographs.com. |
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Illustrator Michael Morgenstern
("Essay") is based in New
Jersey. His Web site is
www.mmorgenstern.com. Call him at
609-823-2420 or e-mail him at
mmorgenstern@earthlink.net. |
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Scott Roberts (Wholly
Hopkins: "Classroom clickers and other education
innovations") is a Baltimore illustrator
who can be reached by calling 410-879-3362. |
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Angela Paik Schaeffer (Wholly
Hopkins: "Lucky break leads to fake") is writer/editor
of the Krieger School's Arts and Sciences Magazine. She can
be reached at
aps@jhu.edu or 410-516-7702. |
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Photographer Stephen Spartana
("Locally Grown") is based
in Sparks, Maryland. E-mail him at
stephen@spartana.com. |
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Photographer Jefferson Steele ("Your
Other Life") lives and works in Baltimore. Contact him
by calling 410-664-8137. |
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Photographer Jay VanRensselaer
(Wholly Hopkins:
"Undefeated Jays head to NCAA") directs the Homewood
Photos Labs. Call him at 410-516-5332. |