What does it mean to live a hyphenated life?
So many folks are forced to toggle across the multiple layers of who they are, and across the diverse spaces they occupy. They may be children of immigrants, 1.5 gen, of color; they may be disabled, neurodivergent, or queer. Regardless of how they identify, they exist in an in-between space while also trying to fit into the dominant culture. With a foot in multiple worlds, belonging fully to none, it can be hard to figure out where they fit in.
Dr. Han Ren, licensed psychologist and a hyphenate herself, seeks to offer solutions for those with intersectional identities to fully express who they are in any and every environment. THE HYPHENATED LIFE is an intersectional, inside out excavation of how existing in marginalized bodies affects the ways folks show up in dominant culture and predominantly white spaces.
Offering tools, stories, conversations, solutions and insights, this book will resonate with anyone who is navigating the intricacies of their multicultural identity development.
Dr. Han Ren is a hyphenated professional: licensed psychologist, licensed specialist in school psychology, speaker, content creator, former special educator, and adjunct professor at the University of Texas. She is also a mother, spouse, first-generation immigrant, and product of China's one-child mandate.
Dr. Ren holds a doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Houston. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas, teaching both an undergraduate lecture course in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and an intimate seminar in Special Education. Prior to her graduate studies, Dr. Ren taught pre-K special education for three years in a Title-1 school as part of Teach for America.
