THIRD CULTURE & TCK articles by John & Ruth Hill Useem

Men in the middle of the third culture: the roles of Americans and non-western peoples in cross-cultural administration. 1963. Useem, Useem & Donoghue. Human Organization 22(3) pgs. 169-179.
(This is the source of the oft cited definition of third culture)

The interfaces of a binational third culture: a study of the American community in India. 1967. Useem & Useem Journal of Social Issues 22(1) pgs. 130-143.
(The nature of third culture and kinds of third culture roles)

Third Culture Kids. 1976. Ruth Hill Useem & Richard Downie, Today's Education Sept.-Oct. pgs. 103-5.
(This has been reprinted: pgs 18-24 in Writing Out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Third Culture Kids and Global Nomads. Gene Bell-Villada and Nina Sichel (eds). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2011)

Third Culture Factors in Educational Change. 1973. Ruth Hill Useem, Cultural Challenges in Education, C. Brembedk & W . Hill (eds), .

TCK, ATCK articles by Ann Baker Cottrell (unless otherwise noted)
additional data available on request.

Systematic Review of Third Culture Kids Empirical Research. 2021 (forthcoming) with Esther Tan & Kenneth Wang, International Journal of Intercultural Research.

Globally Mobile Children: One Tribe or Many? 2017. Presented at Families in Global Transition annual confrence, Den Haag, NL.

TCKs: Privileged but not Migrants. 2014. Presented at European Association of Social Anthropologists annual conference, Tallinn, Estonia.

TCK: The History of a Concept. 2012 with Richard Downie. FIGT Research Newtwork Newsletter 5:1.

Explaining Differences: TCKs and other CCKs, American and Japanese TCKs. 2011. pgs 57-77 in Writing Out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Third Culture Kids and Global Nomads. Gene Bell-Villada and Nina Sichel (eds). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,

TCK Research: A Brief Look Back and Ahead; 2009. TCK Research Network News 2:2

Adult TCKs: Life Choices and Personal Characteristics. 2008.Japanese Journal of Family Sociology 2008 19 (3.):77-84

TCK Experiences and Adult Third Culture Kid Work Experiences. 2008. Presented at Families in Global Transition annual conference, Houston, TX.
(This power point presentation compares ATCKs from 5 sponsor categories: Mission, Military, Government, Business and Other.)

ATCKs: Life Choices, Commitment and Personal Characteristics. 2007. Presented at Family in Global Transitions annual conference, Houston. TX.

Third Culture Kids: Challenges to Traditional Acculturation Paradigms. 2006. Presented at American Psychological Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.

Educational and Occupational Choices of American ATCKs 2002. Chapter 13 in Military Brats and Other Global Nomads: Growing Up in Organization Families. Morten G. Ender (ed). Boulder, CO. Westview Press.
(This includes data comparing Third Culture Families abroad in different periods of history showing historical changes in modern third cultures)

Marriage Patterns of American ATCKs 2000. Global Nomad Perspectives 6:4, pgs 6-9

Global Mobility and Personal Identity. 2000. Presented at Pacific Sociological Association annual conference.

Personal Manifestations of Childhood Border Crossings: Identity and Personality Traits of Adult TCKs 1999. Presented at Phi Beta Delta annual conference, San Diego, CA

The International Education of American TCKs 1998. Presented at Phi Beta Delta annual conference, Cholula, Mexico.
(This includes data on childhood education patterns as well as post-secondary education choices)

International Dimensions of TCKs´ Adult Lives 1997. Presented at Global Nomads International annual conference, Washington, D.C.

Adult Third Culture Kids. 1996. With Ruth Hill Useem in Carolyn D. Smith, Ed., Strangers at Home. Bayside, NY., Aletheia Publications, pp. 22-35.
(This is a compilation of the five short articles which appeared in Newslinks: The Newspaper of the International Schools Service 1993-1994)

CCKs

Recent articles set TCKs in the broader context of CCKs (Cross-Cultural Kids), a concept introduced by Ruth E. Van Reken. For her writing on this concept see:

Cross Cultural Kids: The New Prototype. 2011. pgs 25-44 in Writing Out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Third Culture Kids and Global Nomads. Gene Bell-Villada and Nina Sichel (eds). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Third Culture Kids: Prototypes for Understanding Other Cross-Cultural Kids. 2005. With Paulette Bethel. Intercultural Management Quarterly 6:3

Van Reken´s CCK website http://blog.crossculturalkid.org

RUTH HILL USEEM'S TCK BIBLIOGRAPHY & SUPERVISED DISSERTATIONS

Ruth Hill Useem, who coined the term TCK, developed an extensive bibliography of writing about TCKs and some related topics. This is an extraordinary resources with over 200 pages of bibliography. Completed in 1999, this a great way of finding historical work which is important for documenting changes to the TCK experience.

Here is a list of dissertations Ruth Hill Useem / John Useem supervised on Third Culture, TCKs, and Third Culture/TCK related topics. This represents the first research done on TCKs (at first called overseas experienced youth), conceptualized as a category. Prior research had been primarily on children raised in specific sponsor communities, mainly missionary.

These cover many of the topics being researched now and provide an outstanding resource for literature reviews or even more for historical comparative research on a TCK or Third Culture topic.