On social media, Danau Tanu claims to be an ‘Anthropologist for all things Third Culture Kid’.
To the more serious breed, Danau is a published author and researcher who holds a PhD in anthropology.
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Danau’s doctoral dissertation is published as GROWING UP IN TRANSIT: The Politics of Belonging at an International School.
Now, she is Visiting Research Fellow at Waseda University and is doing research on Japan’s Multicultural Youth.