Joanna S. Duong

Joanna S. Duong is an independent Cambodian researcher who escaped the civil war in 1974, emigrated to the US, and came back to Cambodia to launch a party promoting women’ s rights in the 1998 elections.

Her MD thesis in 2002 dealt with The Role of Theravada Buddhism in Cambodian Society (California Institute of Integral Studies). She also authored A Cambodian Cookbook: Selected Popular Dishes from the Kitchen of Angkor Wat Restaurant San Francisco 1983 — 2005 (ExLibris, 2011, ISBN 13: 9781465365125).