Saturday, February 28 2026

If you’re interested in the current state of research on Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs), expat families and international life in general, you’ll want to check out the TCK Research Podcast.

Every episode, hosts Mathieu Gagnon and Andrea Schmitt interview a leading researcher on topics central to the TCK experience.

Episodes posted to date include:

  • Dr. Cheryl Hartman: How Missionary Kid experiences shape later adult lives
  • Dr. Magdalena Mosanya: How TCKs’ identity configurations relate to their views on the environment
  • Dr. Chloé Donohue: Reviewing the published studies on TCK issues concerning identity and belonging
  • Dr. Jennie Germann Molz: Worldschooling, Global citizenship and Emotion
  • Claire D’attoma: Exploring Third Culture Parenting from the perspective of mothers
  • Dr. Yuima Mizutani: Exploring the experiences of TCK Confucian Asian college students
  • Dr. Filipič Sterle: Expatriate Family Adjustment, Challenges and Resources
  • Dr. Courtney Giboi and Dr. Sanjay Nath: How multi-country immersers develop transnational Identities
  • Dr. Ragnhild Holmen Bjørnsen: Assumed privilege, feeling rules and emotion regulation in TCKs
  • Dr Kristin Long: Exploring the fractured stories of TCKs with expressive arts therapy
  • Katja Aegerter: Exploring different stressors related to expatriate spouses/partners’ wellbeing

Check them out here.

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About Author

John Liang

John Liang is an Adult Third Culture Kid who grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, Morocco and Egypt before graduating high school. He has a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University and a master's in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Liang has covered the U.S. military for two decades as a writer and editor for InsideDefense.com, and is also editor-in-chief of Culturs Magazine. He lives in Arlington, Va., U.S.A.

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