Thai Anthropologists List

First-Family name
Workplace/Research Interests
e-mail address
Ah-sama Bhithakthinthai indepentdent anthropologist meetasama@yahoo.com
Akin Rabibhadana, M.R. distinguished scholar and anthropologist  
Amara Pongsapich Chulalongkorn University  
Amawasee Tianthavorn Silpakorn University  
Amporn Jirattikorn Ph.D. student, University of Texas, Austin ampornfa@yahoo.com
Anan Ganjarnapan Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: Resource tenure and management, peasant economy & history Northern Thai culture & society
anan-g@chiangmai.ac.th
Anchala Pochanasomboon Ramkhamhaeng University  
Apinya Fuangfoosakul Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: Sociology & anthropology of religion, cultural change in urban areas, and identiy construction process in urban culture
apinya@soc.cmu.ac.th
Aranya Siriphon Ph.D. student, Chiang Mai University aranyas@yahoo.com
Benja Yoddumnoen Mahidol University  
Benjawan Narasaj Research and Development Institute, KKU. bennar@kku.ac.th
Chalardchai Ramitanond emeritus professor, Chiang Mai University
Research interests
: Women studies
Chalit Chaikunchit Khon Kaen University chacha@kku.ac.th
Chanun Wongwipak Silpakorn University  
Chavivun Prachuabmoh emeritus professor, Thammasat University
Research interests: Ethnicity
 
Chayan Vaddhanaphuti Chiang Mai University  
Choltira Sattayawattana Rangsit University  
Chonghathai Amornpattanakul National Research Council of Thailand  
Chulanee Thainthai Chulalongkorn University
Research interests
: Cultural Anthropology, Medical and Nutritional Anthropology, Business Anthropology, and Gender Issues
chulane.t@chula.ac.th
Damrong Thandee Ramkhamhaeng University  
Damrongpol In-chan Silpakorn University damrongphon@hotmail.com
Fonvunjuntr Srijuntr
writer/ independent anthropologist
Research interests
: interest: identity, nationalism, semeotic, popular culture
fawn_farr@yahoo.com
Jaggapan Cadchumsang Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Khon Kaen University
Research interests: Ethnicity, nationalism, anthropology of borders, anthropology of arts
j.cadchumsang@utoronto.ca
Komatra Chuengsatiansup Office of Permanent Secretary, Institute for the Studies of Society and Health, Ministry of Public Health
Research interests
: Medical anthropology
komatra@health.moph.go.th
Korakot Ramkomut independent anthropologist korzzilla@hotmail.com
Kwancheewan Buadaeng The Center for Ethnic Studies and Development, Social Research Institute of Chiang Mai University
Research interests
: The comparison on ethnic and religious identity of the Karen ethnic group in Burma and in Thailand, millenarian movements in the North and Northwest of Thailand
srxxo012@chiangmai.ac.th
Kwanhathai Charoenmaitreemit independent anthropologist kwan4704@hotmail.com
Maneewan Pewnim Silpakorn University  
Narujohn Iddhichiracharas Chiang Mai University narujohn@soc.cmu.ac.th
Naruepon Duangwiset Princess Sirindhorn Anthropological Centre toon@sac.or.th
Ngampit Satsanguan Chulalongkorn University
Research interests
: Culture Change, Applied Anthropology
Kinshipand and the Family, Rural Development
 
Niti Pawakapan Southeast Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore
Research interests
: Borderlands, cross-border movements, global-local dynamics, globalisation, economic development and links with the ethnic-national politics
(http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/sea/ac_niti.htm)
seanp@nus.edu.sg
Panarai Ostapirat Thammasat University, and Ph.D. student, University College London
Research interests
: Visual anthropology, anthropology and films, popular culture
panaraio@yahoo.com, postapirat@yahoo.com
Paritta Chaloempao Koanantrakul Princess Sirindhorn Anthropological Centre
Research interests
: Anthropology of arts, symbolic anthropology
paritta@school.net.th
Pattarapong Kongwijit writer, independent anthropologist
Research interests
: Visual anthropology, Anthropology of tourism
pattarapongk@yahoo.com
Pattaya Saihoo Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chulalongkorn University  
Pathomroek Kettut Thammasat University  
Pattana Kitiarsa National University of Singapore
Research interests
: Popular culture, postmodernism, identity
aripk@nus.edu.sg
Pichet Saipan Thai Khadi Research Institute, Thammasat University ales999@hotmail.com
Pinkaew Luangaramsri The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: marginal people in northern Thailand.
pinkaew@soc.cmu.ac.th
Pornchai Trakulwaranon Faculty of Sociology & Anthropology, Thammasat University  
Pranee Wongtes Silpakorn University pranee_wongthet@hotmail.com
Prasit Leepreecha Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University leesia@chiangmai.ac.th
Prista Ratanapruck Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: Economic anthropology, andthropology & history, and precolonial cosmopolitanism & diasporas
pratanap@fas.harvard.edu
Put Weeraprasert Silpakorn University  
Ratana Boonmathya Khon Kaen University ratana@kku.ac.th
Saipin Suputtamongkol jounrnalist, writer, Ph.D. student in Anthropology Department at Harvard University
Research interests: Intellectual community, immigration issues, Italy
suputtam@fas.harvard.edu
Samerchai Poolsuwan Faculty of Sociology & Anthropology, Thammasat University
Research interests
: Physical anthropology, ethnicity, symbolic antropology
samerchai@hotmail.com
Saran Thongpan writer, independent anthropologist mboran@loxinfo.co.th
Shalardchai Ramitanondh Women Studies Center, Chiang Mai University shalard@soc.cmu.ac.th
Silapakit Teekantikun Independent anthropologist tsilapakit@yahoo.com
Siraporn Na-thalaang Chulalongkorn University  
Srisakra Vallibhotama Silpakorn University  
Suddan Wisudthiluck Thammasat University
Research interests
: Museum Studies, cultural resource management
suddan_frontier@yahoo.com
Sumit Pitipat Thammasat University  
Supaporn Nakbunlung Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: Prehistory, human evolution, and cave archaeology
supaporn@soc.cmu.ac.th
Surisa Kongkeo Chiang Mai University surisa@soc.cmu.ac.th
Suriya Samutkupt Suranaree University of Technology suriya@ccs.sut.ac.th
Suthep Soonthornpasuch emeritus professor, Chiang Mai University
Research interests
: Ethnic relations
 
Somjai Srila Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Khon Kaen University
Research interests
: Applied anthropology, community-based business, and indigeneous knowledge
 
Sommai Chinnak Ubon Ratchathani University  
Supalak Pornkulwat Thammasat University supaluck_p@hotmail.com
Thararat Charoensonthichai Ph.D. student, The Australian National University
Research interests
: The fragrance of the frangipani: sensing the symbols in Luang Prabang
thararat.chareonsonthichai@anu.edu.au
Theerayut Boonmee Thammasat University  
Thitiporn Vinicchykul Chiang Mai University thiti@soc.cmu.ac.th
Varaporn Chamsanit Ph.D. student, The Australian National University
Research interests
: Women's access to institutional Buddhism in Thailand
varaporn.chamsanit@anu.edu.au
Wallapa Kwanyuen Silpakorn University  
Wandee santivutimatee writer, independent anthropologist
Research interests
: Tai Yai (Shan) identities
wandeesan@hotmail.com
Worachai Wiriyaromp Kasetsart University  
Wasun Punyagaew Chiang Mai University, and Ph.D. student at The Australian National University
Research interests
: Tai/Thai culture under modernity
wasan.p@chiangmai.ac.th , wasan.panyagaew@anu.edu.au
Yos Santasombat Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Chiang Mai University
Research interests: Power and identity, gender, resource management, and marginality
yos@soc.cmu.ac.th
Yukti Mukdawijitra Thammasat University, a doctoral student in Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Research interests
: Black Tai in Northern Vietnam
iamyukti@yahoo.com
Yupa Klungsuwan Thammasat University  
   
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