Email addresses will be spelled out (att for @ and dott for the dot) to make it harder for those who comb websites for email addresses.

 Ruth Hill Useem who first introduced the term TCK

Paulette M. Bethel (pmbethel att sbcglobal dott net)

Current research: How the issue of hidden diversity impacts the TCK in the classroom

Location: Paulette is a doctoral candidate in International Education and Entrepreneurship at University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. She is a retired USAF officer and mother of four TCKs

Rosalea Cameron (tck dott au att wesleyan dott org dott au)

Research: A foundational study of the TCK experience from an Australasian (Australian and New Zealand) perspective was completed for doctoral research. Comparisons were drawn between the self-reported outcomes of the Australasian adult TCKs who responded in this research project with the outcomes reported in North American related literature. Adult profile factors were linked with the significant factors in the childhood environment and a developmental ecology model representing the TCK experience was designed. Ongoing research is testing the use of the model with current TCKs to determine its effectiveness in describing the factors of significance and the links with proposed outcome factors in the adult profile.

Publications: See research presentations and publications

Location: Rosalea is an Australian who resides in Pretoria, South Africa. She has experience teaching at interntional schools in Africa. She currently teaches for Indiana Wesleyan university in a Masters in Education on-line program.

Ann Baker Cottrell (acottrell att mail dott sdsu dott edu)

Current research: An on going study of American Adult TCKs begun with Ruth Hill Useem. and the help of John Useem and Kathleen Finn Jordan. This is an exploratory study of adult world view and life choices of TCKs who lived outside of the US as childrenn/teen between the end of WWII and the end of the cold war. Nearly 700 American ATCKs ages 25-90 responded to a lengthy survey. This sample represents all sponsor organizations.

Publications: See research presentations and publicatons

Location: Ann is professor Emerita at San Diego State University and lives in San Diego, California  

Kathleen Daniel (kdaniel att erols dott com)

Current research: "Global Nomads as Global Leaders" is an exploratory study of how an internationally mobile childhood is perceived by leading global managers as influencing their career development. Click here for a more complete statement of the background and goals of this research.

Presentations: Kathleen has presented papers on research and thinking leading to this project at conferences such as Global Nomads International and Families in Global Transition

Location: Kathleen is Principal, Metis International --Building Capacities for a Global World -- in Maryland.

Bill Kirst (billkirst att hotmail dott com)

Current research: Large study of TCKs and how the internet --websites and email-- has created a space and place for TCKs.

Location: Bill is a graduate student in Communication, Culture and Technology at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He will soon be a US Army officer.

Keren Masters (kgmasters att gmx dott net)

Research: MA thesis in Counseling "Identity Formation of Caucasian Adults Who Lived As Children On Aboriginal Missions: A Phenomenological Study"

Location: Keren is completing an MA at Notre Dame University in Perth, Western Australia.

Momo Kano Podolsky (kanou att kyoto-wu dott ac dott jp)

Research: Research on Japanese returnees and their cross-cultural experiences. in cluding: 50 families and 80 children of Japanese temporary residents in Toronto, Canada; Japanese immigrants in Toronto and culture retention in cross-cultural marriages; Japanese children attending international schools in Japan and their cultural identity formation, comparison of how Americans and Japanese treat TCKs.

Presentations and publications

Location: Momo is a professor at Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto Japan

Liliana Meneses (licameneses att yahoo dott com)

Research: Ph.D. dissertation "Homesick for Abroad: A Phenomenological Study of Third Culture Identity, Language and Memory" based on in-depth interviews with bi-lingual adult TCKs.

Location: Liliana is a doctoral candidate at George Washington University in the Washington, D.C. area

Corazon Nolasco (coranolasco att yahoo dott com)

Research: M.A. Thesis "An Exploratory Study on Whether Repatriated Children of Overseas Filipino Workers Have the Third Culture Kid (TCK) Phenomenon"

Location: Cora lives in Kobe, Japan.

Rebecca Powell (rapowells att yahoo dott com)

Research:

Location: Becky is a PhD candidate at and lives in Texas

Ruth E. Van Reken (RDvanreken att aol dott com)

Research & Interests See presentations and publications

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Ettie Zilber (ezilber att a-s-b dott com)

Current research: Perceptions of Children of International School Educators

Location: Ettie is Director of the American School of Barcelona, Spain. Beginning Fall 2005 she will be director of the American School of Guatemala.