A Guide to Designing Research Questions for Beginning Music Therapy Researchers has been written for music therapy  students  approaching  their first research project. It takes the reader on a journey through a series of hidden influences that shape their decisions about what research question to ask. Chapters examine personal experiences with music, health, and well-being; assumptions about why music, health, and well-being fit together in the first place; beliefs about what kinds of research are most powerful;  and  contextual  influences, such as organizational culture, policies, and emerging social movements. Authors: Katrina McFerran and Michael Silverman. ISBN #: 978-1-884914-36-2. Publication date: 2018