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Description:
How do you navigate your Thai heritage within a Western
society?
Join us when Nisa, a chemistry professor and mother in
California, talks about her childhood in Texas, her experiences
on intercultural dating and parenting and which Hello Kitty item
is most precious to her.
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00:39 Introduction
03:41 “I associate Thailand with…”
05:32 “As a Thai woman in the States I feel…”
08:29 “This … turns me off”
10:23 I’m happy when…”
11:48 Childhood in Texas as a Thai-American
17:22 Living in California vs. Living in Texas
19:55 How did you become a chemistry professor?
25:05 Thai culture and Family (memories)
30:14 Dating and Colorism
33:27 Mental Health and Intercultural Parenting
39:00 Future Goals
43:52 Book Recommendations
46:55 Thank you for tuning in!
Books we talked about
Ira Sukrungruang, Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy,
University of Missouri, 2011
Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as
Asian Americans, Balance, 2022
MORE Nisa’s book
recommendations
Sahaj Kaur Kholi, But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental
Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures, Penguin
Life, 2024
Minh Lê and Dan Santat, Drawn Together, Little Brown Books for
Young Readers, 2018
Elaine Russell and Patcharee Meesukhon, Thai Celebrations for
Children: Festivals, Holidays and Traditions, Tuttle Publishing,
2022
Nisa’s favorite cookbook
Leela Punyaratabandhu, Bangkok: Recipes and Stories from the
Heart of Thailand, Ten Speed Press, 2018
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