CHAYANIT POONYARAT
Curriculum Vitae
School of International Service
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
EDUCATION
PhD student
MA
BA
Tel: 202-5695929
E-mail: chayanit.poonyarat@american.edu
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
School of International Service
Concentration: Political Violence (2013-present)
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
International Peace Studies (2004)
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, Bangkok, Thailand
Political Science (Public Administration)
First Class Honor
AWARDS AND HONORS
Summer Research Award
2015
School of International Service, American University
Full scholarship from the Thai Royal Government
2013-present
PhD, School of International Service, American University
Young Research Award, Thammasat University
2010
Full scholarship from Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 2003-2004
First Class Honor, Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)
2001
Thammasat University, Bangkok
Dean’s List, Faculty of Political Science
2000
Thammasat University, Bangkok
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Zakee Pitakumpol, Phrae Sirisakdamkoeng, Chayanit Poonyarat, and Hafiz Sale. 2015.
The Fight in Patani of ‘Wan Kadir’ (in Thai). Pattani: Deep Books Publishing Project.
Tassanee Tanakornsombut, Chutimas Suksai, Chayanit Poonyarat, and Yeshua MoserPuangsuwan. 2005. Missing the Target: Firearm Policy and Practice in Thai Society.
Bangkok: Nonviolence International Southeast Asia.
Book Chapters
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2011. “Youth and Thai Political Crisis” (in Thai), in Kitti Prasertsuk
(Ed.). Polarized Thailand: Conditions, Trends, and Solutions. Bangkok: Faculty of
Political Science, Thammasat University, p.129-152.
Chayanit Poonyarat, Apr 2015 – 2
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2009. “Contemporary Southern Violence Knowledge: Local
Grievances, Global Image” in Imtiyaz Yusuf and Canan Atilgan (Eds.), Religion, Politics
and Globalization: Implications for Thailand and Asia. Bangkok: Konrad-AdenauerStiftung, p.135-153.
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2008. “Literature Review on Ethnic Conflicts in Asia-Pacific, 20022007,” in The Piloting Community Approaches in Conflict Situation Project. Bangkok:
The World Bank.
Articles
Chayanit Poonyarat. Forthcoming. 2015. “Seasons of Insurgency: The Promises and Curses
of Violent Actions,” in Peace & Policy. 20(1).
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2010. “The 13 Secrets and Nonviolence in Thai Society” (in Thai),
in King Prajadhipok’s Institute Journal. 8(1): p.16-27.
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2009. Literature Review on Ethnic Conflicts in Asia-Pacific,
2002-2007 (in Thai), in Political Science Journal 30(3): p.200-241.
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2006. Negotiating Diversity: A Breeding Ground for Violence,
a Key to Peacebuilding. Wochi Kochi Magazine (Aug-Sep 2006).
Online Articles
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2010. “The Defeat of Nonviolence” (in Thai),
http://www.deepsouthwatch.org/node/770
Chayanit Poonyarat. 2009. “Commonality in Differences: Ethnic Conflict in China’s
Xinjiang and Thailand’s Southern Provinces” (in Thai),
http://www.deepsouthwatch.org/node/390
Book and Article Translations (From English to Thai language)
Chayanit Poonyarat (Trans.) 2013. Chaiwat Satha-Anand. “Death of a Child and
the Promise of Peace,” http://www.prachatai.com/journal/2013/03/45969
Chayanit Poonyarat (Trans.). 2008. Joseph Epstein. Envy. Bangkok: Kobfai Publishing
Project.
Chayanit Poonyarat (Trans.). 2006. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail,”
in Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Ed.). Civil Disobedience. Bangkok: Komol Keemthong
Publishing.
Chayanit Poonyarat (Trans.). 2004. Suwanna Satha-Anand. “Madsi: A Female Bodhisttava
Denied?” in Suchada Taweesith (Ed.). Gender: Challenging Body Searching for Self.
Chiangmai, Thailand: Women Studies Center, Chiangmai University Press.
Chayanit Poonyarat (Trans.). 2001. Chaiwat Satha-Anand. “The Islamic Tunes of Gandhi’s
Ahimsa,” in Feature Magazine. 17(201).
Chayanit Poonyarat, Apr 2015 – 3
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Seasons of Insurgency: The Promises and Curses of Violent Actions,” presented at
Southeast Asian Studies Symposium, Keble College, University of Oxford, March 2014;
and International Workshop: “Between Nonviolence Conflicts and Reconciliation”
organized by Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Chiang Mai, Thailand,
January 2013.
“Securing Peace and Human Rights through Peace Education: The Case of Peace Studies
Institutes in Thailand,” presented at International Conference on Human Rights, Peace &
Conflict in Southeast Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 2012.
Participant, 2011 Leadership Academy, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu, Hawai'i,
October 2011.
Participant, Advanced Seminar on Southeast Asian Studies, Manila, Philippines,
September 2011.
“Decentralization for Peace?: Reviews on Proposals for Thailand’s Southern Violence,”
presented at International Seminar on Impacts and Challenges of Decentralization Policy
towards Democratization and Development: A Comparative Perspective between Thailand
and Indonesia, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2010.
“Building Peace Cultures the “Thai Ways”: A Decade of Peace Studies in Thailand,”
presented at the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association Conference on Innovation and
Change: Peace Research, Studies and Education in Asia-Pacific, Hualien, Taiwan,
September 2009.
Speaker, Conference on Islamic Extremism in Southeast Asia: Ten Years after the Death of
Adullah Sungkar, US Embassy and Open Source Center, Bangkok, Thailand,
September 2009.
“Contemporary Southern Violence Knowledge: Local Grievances, Global Image,”
presented at International Seminar on Religion, Politics and Globalization – Implications
for Thailand and Asia, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption
University Bangkok, Thailand, June 2009.
Speaker, Workshop on Human Rights and Peace for Karen Youth, Karen Group for
Friendship and Human Rights, Mae Sot, Thailand, June 2008.
“Negotiating Diversity: A Breeding Ground for Violence, a Key to Peacebuilding,”
presented at 11th Asia-Pacific Youth Forum, Okinawa, Japan, January 2006.
Participant, 61th Session of United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Commissions
on Human Rights, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2005.
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Participant, Southeast Asia Conference of Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed
Conflict (GPPAC), Initiative on International Dialogue (IID), Manila, Philippines, March
2005.
Participant, Conference on Peacebuilding after Peace Accords, University of Notre Dame,
Indiana, September 2003.
Chayanit Poonyarat, Apr 2015 – 4
Participants, Youth Camp for Democracy and Peace, Center for Security and Peace Studies,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Facilitator, Insider Peacebuilding Platform Project on Southern Thailand, Bergh of Peace
Support Foundation and the Center for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity, Prince of
Songkhla University (2011-2013) Facilitated dialogues between stakeholders of various
professional backgrounds and ethnic groups regarding their understandings of the Southern
Thailand’s armed conflict and how to bring about peaceful changes.
Project Leader and Trainer, Cultural Fluency Project, Peace Information Center and
the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Center (Sep 2009-2013) Managed
the overall project and train government officials on cultural sensitivity as they live and
work in a different cultural community of the Southern provinces.
Adviser, Political Science Youth Camp, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
(Jan 2008-2013) Supervised the student-organized youth camp for high school students
who are interested in political science.
Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University (Nov 2007-2013) Instructed
a seminar on Violence and Nonviolence in Politics for undergraduate students.
Secretary, International Conference on Protection of Religious Places and Personnel, Toda
Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Bangkok, Thailand (May 2011)
Coordinated with experts on inter-religious violence; organized the international conference
and produced conference publications, including Chaiwat Satha-Anand and Olivier Urbain
(Eds.), Protecting the Sacred, Creating Peace in Asia-Pacific. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publisher, 2013.
Project Coordinator, TRF Senior Research Scholar Project “Violence, Nonviolence and
Thai Society,” Thailand Research Fund (Aug 2005-2011) Coordinated a three-year
research project and the publications Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Ed.). 2008. Imagined Land?
State and Southern Violence in Thailand (in Thai). Bangkok: Thailand Research Fund; and
Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Ed.). 2009. Imagined Land? State and Southern Violence in
Thailand. Tokyo: Research Institute for Language and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
Assistant to Dean for Student Affairs, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University
(Jan 2008-Apr 2009) Overseeing the student affairs of Political Science Faculty.
Assistant Manager/Training Officer, Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Studies,
Chulalongkorn University (Nov 2005-Jun 2007) Managed a three-month workshop (two
workshops per year) which brings together international professionals working in peacerelated fields to enhance their skills in peace and conflict prevention and resolution.
Assistant to Research Director, National Reconciliation Commission (Apr 2005-Jun 2006 )
Coordinated research projects addressing the causes and solutions of insurgency-based
armed conflict in Thailand’s southern region; assisted in producing the publication National
Reconciliation Commission, Overcoming Violence through the Power of Reconciliation:
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Report of the National Reconciliation Commission. Bangkok: National Reconciliation
Commission, 2006.
Coordinator, Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information Project, Asia Forum for
Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) (Dec 2004-Jul 2005) Coordinated
with local organizations in Asia and organized regional workshops for representatives from
organization partners.
Intern, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (Jul-Nov 2004) Produced reports and
publications on violence and nonviolence in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Research Assistant, The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University
of Notre Dame (2003-2004) Research assistant to Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Mahmood.
Correspondent and Assistant to Regional Project Coordinator, Inter Press Service Third
World News Agency (Asia-Pacific) (2001-2003) Produced English news articles on various
topics about Thailand; coordinated with journalists reporting about the Mekong River from
six Mekong-region countries and organized regional conferences.