Thien-Huong T. Ninh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. Her publications and research interests are in the areas of Race, Religion, Gender, Immigration, Globalization, Asian Studies, and Diaspora.

• 1. Contextualizing the Research.-  2. The Virgin Mary as the Mother of the Vietnamese Catholic Diaspora.- 3. Vietnamese Catholic Humanitarian Organizations Across U.S.-Cambodia Borders.- 4. The Caodai Mother Goddess in Diasporic Disjunctures.-  5. Structural Hierarchies and Fragments among Vietnamese Caodaists.- 6: Conclusion.

Thien-Huong T. Ninh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. Her publications and research interests are in the areas of Race, Religion, Gender, Immigration, Globalization, Asian Studies, and Diaspora.

• 1. Contextualizing the Research.-  2. The Virgin Mary as the Mother of the Vietnamese Catholic Diaspora.- 3. Vietnamese Catholic Humanitarian Organizations Across U.S.-Cambodia Borders.- 4. The Caodai Mother Goddess in Diasporic Disjunctures.-  5. Structural Hierarchies and Fragments among Vietnamese Caodaists.- 6: Conclusion.

Thien-Huong T. Ninh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. Her publications and research interests are in the areas of Race, Religion, Gender, Immigration, Globalization, Asian Studies, and Diaspora.

• 1. Contextualizing the Research.-  2. The Virgin Mary as the Mother of the Vietnamese Catholic Diaspora.- 3. Vietnamese Catholic Humanitarian Organizations Across U.S.-Cambodia Borders.- 4. The Caodai Mother Goddess in Diasporic Disjunctures.-  5. Structural Hierarchies and Fragments among Vietnamese Caodaists.- 6: Conclusion.