academic staffs | sociology

[on study leave] associate professor
Akkaranai Kwanyou

  • M.A. (Social Research), Thammasat University,  Thailand
  • M.S. (Economics development), National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand
  • B.A. (Social Research), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • social policy research
  • human capital, education and health
  • poverty, inequality and income distribution
  • mathematical sociology 
  • quantitative research

email
akkaranai@gmail.com

[on study leave] assistant professor
Arjin Thongyuukong

  • M.A. (Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Psychology), Chiang Mai University, Thailand

academic interest

  • sociology of sport
  • anthropology of sport
  • sociology of the body
  • leisure
  • fan culture

email
arjinth@tu.ac.th; arjinth@gmail.com

assistant professor
Chantanee Charoensri, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Essex, UK
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • mobilities and international migration
  • sociological theories and social theories
  • sociology of the cinema

email
chantane@tu.ac.th

    • CV

Kritti Tantasith

  • MSc Medical Anthropology (Distinction), University College London (UCL), UK
  • BSc Sociology, The London School of Economic and Political Science (LSE), UK

academic interest

  • medical sociology/medical anthropology
  • death and technology
  • queerness
  • contemporary art in Thailand

email
kritti.t@tu.ac.th

    • CV

assistant professor
Natcharee Suwannnapat, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Sociology), La Trobe University, Australia
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • sociology of marriage and family
  • sociology of everyday life
  • city and urban life
  • sociological social psychology

email
natchare@tu.ac.th; natchare@hotmail.com

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assistant professor
Ornuma Teparakul

  • M.Sc. (Urban Environmental Management), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Kasetsart University, Thailand

academic interest

  • economic sociology
  • environmental sociology
  • industrial sociology
  • urban sociology
  • quantitative social research methodology

email
t.ornuma@gmail.com

assistant professor
Panitee Brown, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Sociology), Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • M.A. Social Sciences (Gender and Culture), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • marriage and family
  • migration and transnational marriages
  • gender and sexualites

email
spanitee@tu.ac.th; spanitee@hotmail.com

assistant professor
Saranya Tarat

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

academic interest

  • neurosociology
  • sociology of senses
  • cognitive psychology
  • social psychology
  • disability studies
  • sociology of education

email
saran.tarat@gmail.com

Siriporn Srisinurai, Ph.D.
Thammasat Museum of Anthropology

  • Ph.D. European Ethnology (Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
  • M.A. Sociology (by research), University of York, UK
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.Eng. Engineering (Electronics), King Mongkut Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Thailand

academic interest

  • environmental sociology
  • museum studies 
  • deathscapes and difficult heritage
  • social and material research methodology 

email
srisirip@tu.ac.th; ziriporn@gmail.com

[on study leave]
Sittichoke Chawraingern

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

academic interest

  • global health 
  • science and technology studies
  • food and agriculture
  • environment and ecology 

email
sitichok14@tu.ac.th; sittichoke.chaw@gmail.com

    • CV

assistant professor
Songsiri Putthongchai, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Arab and Islamic Studies), University of Exeter, UK
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Psychology), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • homeless and others oppressed
  • penology
  • multiculturalism
  • sociology of religions

email
putthongchaidna@gmail.com

professor
Teera Sindecharak, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Demography), Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • M.S. (Applied Statistics), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.Sc. (Statistics), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • social demography
  • social welfare
  • statistics for social science research

email
tera@tu.ac.th; teera.sd@gmail.com; teera.sd@icloud.com

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assistant professor
Thananon Buathong, Ph.D.
Center for Contemporary Social and Cultural Studies | CCSCS

  • Ph.D. (Demography), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • M.A. (Demography), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • M.A. (Economics), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

academic interest

  • historical demography
  • population dynamics
  • human capital, fertility and migration
  • quantitative research and advanced statistics for social science research

email
thananon@tu.ac.th; nonthana@gmail.com

assistant professor
Thitirat Kittiwiwat, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Essex , UK
  • M.A. (Sociology), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Chiang Mai University, Thailand

academic interest

  • rural sociology
  • agro-industrial and environmental
  • food and supply chain
  • sociology of development

email
kkanokra@tu.ac.th; kkittiwiwat@hotmail.com

[on study leave] assistant professor
Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong

  • M.Sc. (Development Studies), The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
  • B.A. Political Science (International Relations), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

academic interest

  • critical development theories and practices
  • gender, development, and globalisation
  • postcolonial, poststructural, multicultural, and psychoanalytic feminist theories
  • postcolonial and global sociology
  • queer theory and queer studies
  • sociology of human rights

email
tinnsins@tu.ac.th; tinnaphopsins@hotmail.co.th

assistant professor
Wilasinee Pananakhonsab, Ph.D

  • Ph.D. (Sociology), La Trobe University, Australia
  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.A. (Sociology and Anthropology), Thammasat University, Thailand

academic interest

  • sociology of love and emotion
  • cross-cultural intimate relationships
  • domestic violence
  • sociology of everyday life
  • online research

email
pwilasin@tu.ac.th; r_wilasinee@hotmail.com

assistant professor
Watinee Wichaiya

  • M.A. (Sociology), Thammasat University, Thailand
  • B.S. (Sociology and Anthropology), Chiang Mai University,  Thailand

academic interest

  • teenage motherhood
  • food insecurity
  • sociology of education
  • social organization
  • research methodology
  • secondary data analysis

email
wati@tu.ac.th; watinee.wc@gmail.com