Becker holds a degree in South Asian studies from the University of Washington and did language studies at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthaan in Agra, India.
In December 1978, along with Elizabeth Becker and Richard Dudman, Caldwell was a member of the first group of Western journalists and writers invited to visit Cambodia since the Khmer Rouge had taken power in April 1975.
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