Dr. Jacob Daniel Huff is a TCK researcher and career international school principal who shares with us, his TCK past and research into the world of TCK identity from from the perspective of international school educators. What's in a title? Mike and Jacob get into awkward titles we've come acrossed around the world and some of the ickiness involved in some of them (3:30). Mike spends some time discussing Jacob as a bit of a unicorn on the podcast and why (10:00). Jacob then answers the ridiculous question giving us a rich backstory between two different worlds, one in the farmlands of Kansas and then in the densely populated cities of Vietnam (16:30). It covers his time as an "international" teen in Hanoi and his return to Vietnam as a young adult where he meets his Korean wife. They are currently in Kansas (22:00), raising a TCK who has forgotten more languages than most people will ever learn. They dive into his research starting with his connection with Dr. Lijadi and her work in idenity formation, and his time as FIGT's David C. Pollock Scholar (25:30). They spent the most time discussing the suprising outcome of his research in regards to inclusion. He talks about the challenges in a post colonial age in international eduation when it comes staff diversity vs. student diversity (37:00). Mike challenges this with the idea that parents are often guilty of pushing these uninclusive norms along (39:00). Dr. Huff finishes up by suggesting that this is a cop out for administrators and lists a number of important steps needed to create a more inclusive internation education system (40:00). Stay tuned for the BONUS round! You can connect with Dr. Daniel Huff here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-daniel-huff/ You can connect with Mike Sullivan and/or sign up to support his upcoming book here: https://sullyworks.com/

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