academic staffs | anthropology

assistant professor
Amporn Marddent, Ph.D
Center for Contemporary Social and Cultural Studies | CCSCS

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • M.A. (Comparative Religion), Mahidol University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Arabic), Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

academic interest

  • cultural anthropology and ethnography of Islam
  • Islamic feminism
  • political Islam in Southeast Asia
  • gender and preventing violent extremism
  • women, peace, and security

email
marddent@tu.ac.th; mamporn@gmail.com 

associate professor
Anusorn Unno, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), the University of Washington-Seattle, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), the University of Washington-Seattle, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University Thailand
  • M.A. (Comparative Literature), Chulalongkorn University Thailand
  • B.A. (English), Silpakorn University Thailand

academic interest

  • power and identity politics
  • subjectivity and agency in relation to sovereignty
  • everyday politics
  • social movements
  • southern Thai society and politics
  • Malay Muslims of southern Thailand
  • science and technology studies

email
uanusorn@tu.ac.th; anusorn.unno@gmail.com

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associate professor
Boonlert Visetpricha, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.Sc. (Fisheries), Kasetsart University, Thailand

academic interest

  • urban anthropology
  • homeless and the marginals
  • social movements
  • social suffering
  • the Philippines
  • Japanese culture and society

email
boonlert_pricha@yahoo.com

[on study leave] assistant professor
Chanida Chitbundid

  • Ph.D. student, Anthropology & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2020 - present)
  • M.A. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication (2nd class hons.) Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • feminist anthropology
  • life story and narrative studies for women
  • invention of tradition
  • consumer cultures and commodification of cultures

email
chanidajob@gmail.com

assistant professor
Kakanang Yavaprabhas, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. Anthropology, University College London (UCL), UK
  • M.Sc. Social Anthropology (Merit), The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
  • B.A. English (First Class Honours), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

academic interest

  • gender
  • religion and society
  • women and Buddhism
  • digital anthropology

email
kakanang.yava@gmail.com

Nattapol Wisuttipat, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology), University of California, Riverside, USA
  • M.A. (Ethnomusicology), Kent State University, Ohio, USA
  • B.Ed. (Thai Music Education), Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

academic interest

  • ethnomusicology
  • gender, sexuality, and queer theories
  • music and rituals, mobility, and technology
  • sound, place, and embodiment
  • popular cultures
  • world music pedagogy

email
nattapolwis@gmail.com

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Panarai Ostapirat
Center for Contemporary Social and Cultural Studies | CCSCS

  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • material culture and material methods
  • digital media & technologies 

email
panarai@tu.ac.th

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associate professor
Pichet Saiphan, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), The University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Hanoi (Vietnam National University)
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.Acc. (Accounting), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

academic interest

  • Southeast Asia cultures & societies
  • ethnic studies
  • traditional cosmology and anthropology of outer space 

email
phanpichet@gmail.com

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assistant professor
Prakirati Satasut, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Political Economy), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Economics), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA

academic interest

  • Theravāda Buddhism
  • religions, politics and laws
  • anthropology of the state
  • political economy

email
prakirati@gmail.com

assistant professor
Prasert Rangkla, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), Australian National University (ANU)
  • M.Sc. (Natural Resource Management), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
  • B.A. Political Science (International Relations), Chulalongkorn University Thailand

academic interest

  • ethnicities in Southeast Asia
  • refugee, migration and transnationalism
  • anthropology of economics and developments

email
prasertra@yahoo.com

professor
Samerchai Poolsuwan, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Physical Anthropology), The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
  • M.A. (Physical Anthropology) The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
  • B.Sc. (Agriculture), Kasetsart University, Thailand

academic interest

  • anthropology of genetics and history of settlement in SEA
  • ethnology and ethnicity of people in Northern SEA
  • symbolism and iconology in Theravāda Buddhism

email
sam@tu.ac.th

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assistant professor
Suddan Wisudthiluck
Thammasat Museum of Anthropology

  • DEA (Ethnologie), Université Paris 10, France.
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand.
  • B.A. Political Science (International Relations), Thammasat University , Thailand.

academic interest

  • anthropology of travel and tourism
  • cultural heritage and museum studies
  • visual anthropology
  • Buddhism in Asia

email
suddanwisud@gmail.com

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assistant professor
Supaluck Pornkulwat

  • M.A. Sociology and Anthropology (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Kasetsart University, Thailand

academic interest

  • Economic Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Food, Agriculture and Developments
  • Transnational and global political economy
  • Community Studies
  • China Studies

email
suluck@tu.ac.th; supaluck_p@hotmail.com

[on study leave]
Wipavee Phongpin

  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Anthropology), Silpakorn University, Thailand

academic interest

  • community studies
  • gender
  • anthropology of Muslim women

email
wipavee168@gmail.com

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associate professor
Worrawit Boonthai, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Physical Anthropology and Ethnology

  • Doctorat en Archéologie (École Doctorale d’Archéologie, Anthropologie et Ethnologie) Université de Paris I-Sorbonne
  • B.A. (Langues, Littératures, et Civilisations Étrangères et Régionales, Mention Très Bien) Inalco
  • Master II Recherche (Archéologie et Histoire de l’art, Mention Bien) Université de Paris IV
  • Master II Recherche (Étude indiennes, Mention Assez Bien) Université de Paris III
  • M.A. (Archaeology, First Class) Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, India
  • B.Sc. (Plant Pathology) Maejo University, Thailand

academic interest

  • physical anthropology
  • human evolution
  • archaeology (in Thailand and India)
  • ethnologies
  • Tai studies

email
worrawit@tu.ac.th

[on sabbatical leave] associate professor
Yukti Mukdawijitra, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Economics), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • linguistic anthropology
  • digital anthopology
  • Vietnamese studies
  • Tai studies
  • Thai studies

email
titra@tu.ac.th; yuktimuk@gmail.com