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Up/Root the Podcast: Interview with Ruth E. Van Reken: Author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds

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Ruth E. Van Reken, one of the leading experts on Cross-Cultural (CCKs) and Third Culture kids (TCKs) sits down with Lilly and discusses how parents, teachers and adults can best support students who are living “among worlds.” How do we help students who are the “stayers” in a transient community? What are we learning about the brain science regarding mobliity? Are we all just CCKs? This episode is edited by Dan Adachi. Up/Root jingle is composed and performed by Selah Piper.

Resources referenced by Ruth:
– Brain Science of Mobility (John Hattie): a. globallygrounded.com/2016/03/15/mob…the-good-news/
– Safe Passages Across Networks by Dr Doug Ota (book: Safe Passages); spanconference.com/
– The Global Nomads Guide to University Transition and Survive and Thrive: The International Student’s Guide to Succeeding in the U.S. both by Tina Quick (www.amazon.com/Survive-Thrive-In…ing/dp/1540787567)

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Global Nomads: Finding Home in the Age of Technology (2018)

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How has technology impacted the Global Nomad experience? Global Nomads: Finding Home in the Age of Technology looks at the global nomad experience over the past 20 years and includes student interviews from 1994, 2001, and 2014. Building on the interviews in its predecessor Global Nomads: Cultural Bridges for the New Millennium (2001), this new video illustrates the impact of technology and social media over time.

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“I never thought my background would impact me as much as I now realize it has – I always thought I was unique and others didn’t share the same feelings.” – Ala

The enthusiasm and energy between the GN/TCK college students in these videos is evident, as they share experiences and insights with others who can truly understand them and share a common culture. They speak with clarity, honesty, and eloquence about both the joys and struggles that come with their internationally mobile backgrounds.

-Producer Alice Wu.

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