Paul Wesley Chambers Birthdate: August 17, 1966 E-Mail: pwchambers@gmail.com; P.Chambers@uni-heidelberg.de Address (current): permanent: Dr. Paul Chambers 1006 Kings Road Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft Norman, Oklahoma 73072 Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat USA Marstallstr. 6 D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Present Position 2008-2011: Senior Research Fellow, Civil-Military Relations in Asia Project, Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft, Heidelberg University, Germany Research Interests: Currently concentrating on Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia Politics and Development in Southeast and East Asia International Relations in Southeast and East Asia Political Parties, Parliaments and Elections in Emerging Democracies Ph.D. Fields: Comparative Politics; International Relations Grade Point Average: 3.93 Dissertation Title: Factions, Parties, Coalition Change, and Cabinet Durability in Thailand: 1979-2001 Works Published or soon to be Published: With Thein Swe, Cashing in Across the Golden Triangle: Thailand s Northern Border Trade with China, Myanmar, and Lao PDR (forthcoming 2010). With Aurel Croissant, A Contested Site of Memory: the Preah Vihear Temple through the Opposing Narratives of Cambodia and Thailand, Cultures and Globalization Series 4: Heritage, Memory Identity. London: Sage Publications Ltd. (to be published in 2010). Edgy Amity along the Mekong: Thai-Lao Relations in a Transforming Regional Equilibrium, Asian Journal of Political Science (forthcoming Spring 2009) Parties, Factions, and the Durability of Cabinets, Coalitions, and Parliaments in Thailand: 1979-2001. Party Politics (through Sage Publishers), Volume 14, No. 3, May 2008. Book Review: The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand s Bhumipol Adulyadej. By Paul M. Handley. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2006. In Contemporary Southeast Asia, Volume 29, No. 3, December, 2007. 1
In Response to Michael H. Nelson, in Journal of East Asian Studies, Volume 7, Number 1, 2007 (January-April). An Institutionalist Approach to Coalition Behavior in Thailand, in Political Science Review, Chiangmai University, Volume 41, Number 1, 2006, pp.50-67. Harnessing Suwannaphum: Thailand s Foreign Economic Policy Toward Mainland Southeast Asia in the Era of Thaksin, in Unger, Daniel H., and Neher, Clark D., editors, Bureaucracy and National Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Honor of M. Ladd Thomas, Northern Illinois University Press, 2006, pp.131-161. "Thailand's 2005 General Election," in Aurel Croissant and Beate Martin, eds., Between Consolidation and Crisis:Elections and Democracy in Five Nations in Southeast Asia, Berlin, Germany: Lit Verlag, Southeast Asian Modernities (Bd. 3), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (April, 2006). Has Everything Changed in Thai Politics Under Thaksin? Political Factions Before through 2004 Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, volume 17, number 2 (2006). Evolving Toward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today. Journal of East Asian Studies, Volume 5, #3, (Sept-Dec) 2005. US-Thai Relations after 9/11: A New Era in Cooperation? Contemporary Southeast Asia 26, no.3 (2004): 460-79 April 2003 Good Governance, Political Stability, and Constitutionalism in Thailand. King Prajadhipok s Institute. Occasional Paper. Mung Lek Nai Mung Yai: How Factions Matter in Contemporary Thai Politics. Journal of Social Sciences, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. 32, 2, July-December, 2001, pp..192-230. Newspaper/Magazine Articles: February 8, 2007 With Napisa Waitoolkiat, Upgrading the Upper House: Thailand s Senate Needs a Good Sanitizing but What Can Be Done? The Nation, http://www.nationmultimedia.com. October 11, 2006 With Napisa Waitoolkiat, Thaksin or White September. The Nation, http://www.nationmultimedia.com, http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/11/opinion/opinion_30015857.php Conference Papers: January 9-11, 2008 Political Economy on the Perimeter: State Policy and Trade on Thailand s Border with Myanmar and Lao PDR A Comparative Case Study of the Mae Sai-Tachilek and Chiang Khong-Houixai Boundary Areas; The Resurrection of Faction Politics in Thailand: How the 2006 Coup Institutionally Destabilized Thai Political Parties. 10 th International Conference on Thai Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. 2
June 1-3, 2006 October 12, 2004 April 3, 2003 June 28, 2002 July 14, 2001 Casino Tourism and Public Policy: A Literature Review. Social Research Institute, Chiangmai University; Sex Tourism and Public Policy in Thailand: A Preliminary Analysis. These papers were presented at the Mekong Tourism II Conference sponsored by the Social Research Institute (SRI) and the Rockefeller Foundation US-Thai Relations after 9/11, Council on Thai Studies Conference, DeKalb, Illinois Political Parties, Factions and Cabinet Durability in Thailand: 1979-2001, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Political Party Factions in Contemporary Thai Politics. Seminar: The Politics of Parliamentary Democracy in Thailand (with an introduction by former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai). Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Factions in Thai Political Parties, Conference entitled Thai Politics: Toward the 21 st Century, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Oct 22, 2000 Party Fragmentation and Cabinet Durability: 1980-2000, Council on Thai Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University Oct 21, 2000 Thai-Burmese Relations Today, Council on Thai Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University Oct 14, 1999 Dilemma in the Countryside: Electoral Corruption and Jao Pho-ism in Provincial Thailand, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Michigan State University Courses Taught: Introduction to International Relations Theories of International Relations International Politics International Relations in Asia Just and Unjust Wars: the Ethics of International Violence Scope and Methods of Political Science Introduction to Comparative Politics (China, Japan, Indonesia, France, United Kingdom) Comparative Local Level Government Politics of Southeast Asia Government and Politics of Contemporary Thailand Thailand: Security and Foreign Policy Democratization in Thailand The Political Economy of Emerging Nations The Politics of Transitional Areas Global Politics and Economic Policies in Southeast Asia Cultural Foundations of Thailand 3
Education: 2003 Ph.D. in Political Science Department of Political Science, 315 Zulauf Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Phone: (815) 753-1011; Fax (815) 753-6302 Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations Concentration: Southeast and East Asian Studies 1992 Master of Arts in Political Science specializing in International Relations 1992 Master s Certificate in Linguistics (TEFL/TESL) 1999 Master of Arts in International Affairs, specializing in Latin American Studies 1988 Bachelor of Arts in Spanish With Distinction University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 1987 Bachelor of Arts in Letters Magna Cum Laude University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Awards and Distinctions: Summer 2005 Advanced Study of Thai (AST) fellowship at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (an intensive eight-week course funded by US Department of Education Fulbright program) 2003 Maryanov Award (annual award to the outstanding political science graduate student at Northern Illinois University) 2001-2002 Fulbright Fellowship to Thailand Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Comparative Politics With Distinction Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam in International Relations With Distinction 2000-2001 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)--Burmese 1999.2000 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Burmese Career History: 2008-2011 Senior Research Fellow, Civil-Military Relations in Asia Project, Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft, Heidelberg University, Germany 2006-2008 Academic Coodinator and Instructor, Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Certificate Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Field Director for Lexia International (Thailand) Consultant, Kenan Institute Asia (KIAsia) 4
2005-2006 Lecturer in Political Science, Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand 2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA 2002-3 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, USA 1998-99 President, Southeast Asia Club, Northern Illinois University Graduate Assistant, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, N.I.U. 1997-1998 English Instructor, Lao-American Language Center, Vientiane, Laos 1996-1997 English Instructor, Ratjabhat Institute, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand 1995-1996 English Instructor, Prem Purachatra Language Institute Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 1993-1995 United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Suwannaphum, Roi Et, Thailand English Teacher, Suwannaphum School Coordinator and Participant in Camps of English and American Culture Coordinator of Community Development Projects 1993 Reporter/Journalist, MESOAMERICA political monthly San Jose, Costa Rica Spring-Fall, 1992 Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Ohio University, Athens, OH Taught Introduction to International Relations course Languages: Thai, Lao, Spanish, Burmese References Available upon request. Dr. Robert Cox, University of Oklahoma Martha Butt, Vice President, Payap University Dr. Gregory Schmidt, Northern Illinois Univ. Dr. Dwight King, Northern Illinois Univ. Dr. Daniel Unger, Northern Illinois Univ. Dr. Tanet Charoenmuang, Chiang Mai Univ. Dr. Clark Neher, Northern Illinois Univ. Dr. Hakuan Choopen, Advisor, Thai Parliament Dr. Ladd Thomas, Northern Illinois Univ.(retired) Dr. Aurel Croissant, Chair, Institut fur Politische Politische, Heidelberg University 5