Kosal Path
Associate Professor and Graduate Deputy
Political Science
Location: 3405 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1752
Fax: 718.951.4833
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Kosal Path is an associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College and International Relations Faculty at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. From 1995 to 2000, he took part in documenting the atrocities committed by the Pol Pot regime, 1975-79. From 2009 to 2011, he taught international relations at the University of Southern California where he received an award of excellence in teaching international relations. At Brooklyn College, he received Whiting Award for teaching excellence in 2015-2016. His main teaching interests are international relations, genocide, and human rights. He is the author of Vietnam's Strategic Thinking During the Third Indochina War (The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020).
Education:
Ph.D., University of Southern California - 2008 (International Relations)
M.A., University of Southern California - 2003 (International Relations / Foreign Policy Analysis)
B.A., National University of Management (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) - 2000 (International Law)
Areas of Expertise:
Path's area of expertise includes Asian international relations and peace/conflict research. Within this field, he specializes in the role of nationalism/national identities in shaping foreign policy discourses in East and Southeast Asia. His specific expertise includes 1) relations between Vietnam, China, and Cambodia; 2) domestic and foreign policy of Vietnam and Cambodia; 3) the Cambodian genocide and transitional justice.
Books and Publications
"Cambodia: General Economic and International Vision in the Post-Covid 19 Era," pp. 214-229. In The New Global Order and the Role of the Southeast Asian Nations." Edited by Garcia, Arturo Oropeza and Evi Fitriani. Coyoacan, Mexico: Autonomous University of Mexico, 2022. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Xiaobing Li. Building Ho's Army: Chinese Military Assistance to North Vietnam. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 2019 & The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 2020. Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2022) 17 (1): 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2022.17.1.67 (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2022
"Cambodia's National Independence in the Shadow of Collective Glories and Traumas." The Khmer Times, November 9, 2021 [OpEd article]. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
"The Khmer Republic's Mass Persecution of the Vietnamese Minority in Cambodia, 1970-1975," pp. 134-147. In Political Violence in Southeast Asia Since 1945: Case Studies from Six Countries. Edited by Eve Monique Zucker and Ben Kiernan. New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2021
"Vietnam's Military and Political Challenges for Cambodia & Early Rise of Cambodia's Strongman, Hun Sen, 1977-79." TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2021.14 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Chinese and Soviet Economic and Technical Aid to North Vietnam, 1950-1960. Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Series 2, 2: 88-106. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Review of Xiaobing Li's Building Ho's Army: Chinese Military Assistance to North Vietnam (The University Press of Kentucky, 2019) & The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War (Oxford University Press, 2020), Journal of Vietnamese Studies (forthcoming). (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2021
Yin, Qingfei and Kosal Path, "Remembering and Forgetting the Last War: The Discursive Memory of the Sino-Vietnamese War in China and Vietnam." TRaNS: Trans-Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia, Volume 9, Issue 1, May 2021, pp. 11-29. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
"The Origins and Evolution of Vietnam's Doi Moi Foreign Policy of 1986." TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, Vol. 8:2, 2020, pp. 171-185. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Kanavou, Angeliki and Kosal Path"The Social Adaptation of Khmer Rouge Perpetrators in the Aftermath of the Cambodian Genocide: An Exploratory Analysis." Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 48, Issue 5-6, December 2020, pp. 535-566. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020
Vietnam's Strategic Thinking during the Third Indochina War (The University of Wisconsin Press, February 2020). (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
"A Cambodian Fusion of Personality, Party and State." Current History: A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs, Vol. 117, No. 800, September 2018, pp. 215-221. This article is also published in German language on the online Southeast Asia Magazine, available online at https://suedostasien.net/kambodscha-verschmelzung-von-persoenlichkeit-partei-und-staat-teil-i/ (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018
"Consolidating the State Security Apparatus," 6-9 & "Lustration," 13-15 in Democracy Guide, CEVRO, Prague, Czech Republic. Available online at http://www.cevro.cz/en/241540-download (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
"Duality of Vietnam's Deference and Resistance to China's Rise," Diplomacy and Statecraft, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 499-521 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
"Introduction: Cambodia's Political History and Foreign Relations, 1945-1998." In Cambodia's Foreign Relations in Regional and Global Contexts. Edited by Deth Sok Udom, Sun Suon, and Serkan Bulut (Phnom Penh: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2018), 5-26. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
"Political vengeance," Mekong Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, February-April 2018, p. 12 (Op-Ed). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018
"Việt Nam và Campuchia 1975-78: Đánh giá sai về nhau?" BBC, December 15, (OpEd) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018
Kanavou, Angeliki and Kosal Path. "Lingering Effects of Thought Reform: The Khmer Rouge S-21 Personnel." The Journal of Asian Studies.Vol. 76, No. 1 (February) 2017: 87-105.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
"Multivocal Resistance to Transitional Justice in Post-genocide Cambodia." In Briony Jones and Julie Bernath, Resistance to Transitional Justice (Routledge 2017), 123-141. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
"Political compromise difficult in Cambodia," Taipei Times, September 20, 2017, Editorial, p. 8. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
Cambodia's Second Kingdom, Nation, Imagination, and Democracy by Astrid Noren-Nilsson, Journal of the Humanity and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, Vol. 173, Issue 2-3, pp. 407-408. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2017
Empathy and Genocide Education: A personal reflection. IAPS Dialogue: The online magazine of the Institute of Asia & Pacific Studies (https://iapsdialogue.org/2017/08/08/empathy-genocide-education-in-cambodia-a-personal-reflection/) (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
"The Politics of China's Aid to Vietnam during the Anti-American Resistance, 1966-1969." Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 27 (4), 2016: 682-700. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Kanavou, Angeliki and Kosal Path. "Breaking the Cycle of Repetition: The Cambodian Genocide Across Generations in Anlong Veng." Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Repetition: A Global Dialogue on Historical Trauma and Memory. Ed. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. Leverkusen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers. 149-69. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2015
Path, Kosal and Angeliki Kanavou. "Converts Not Ideologues? The Khmer Rouge Practice of Thought Reform in Cambodia, 1975-1978." Journal of Political Ideologies Vol. 20 (3), 2015:304-332. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Review of Brothers in Arms: Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979, by Andrew Mertha. Southeast Asian Studies 4.1, April: 225-28. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2015
Path, Kosal and Elena Lesley-Rozen. "Introduction." Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal 8.2: 3-5. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014
Review of Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965, by Pierre Asselin (University of California Press, 2012). Roundtable Review, H-Diplo. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2014
"China's Economic Sanction Against Vietnam, 1975-1978." The China Quarterly, Vol. 212, Dec. 2012: 1040-58. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Review of Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance, by Nicholas Khoo. Journal of Asian Studies. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2012
"Hanoi's Response to Beijing's Enthusiasm to Aid North Vietnam, 1970-72." Journal of Vietnamese Studies., Vol. 6 (3), Fall 2011:101-39. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"Sino-Vietnamese Territorial Dispute, 1974-78: Vietnamese Nationalism and Its Consequences," International Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 8, Iss. 2, July 2011:189-220. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"The Economic Factor in the Sino-Vietnamese Dispute, 1972-75." Cold War History Journal, Vol. 11 (4), November 2011: 519-55 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Path, Kosal and Ben Kiernan. "Ieng Sary's Regime: A Diary of the Khmer Rouge Foreign Ministry, 1976-79" translation. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Center for International and Area Studies. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 1998
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Tow Faculty Research Fellowship (Grants and Fellowships) 2022
"Salute to Scholars" Certificate of Recognition in honor outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to the creation and transmittal of knowledge, December 6, 2016 (Awards and Honors) 2016
Leonard and Claire Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
Whiting Fellowship Award in recognition of outstanding teaching in the humanities, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 2016
PSC-CUNY Research Funding for Intergenerstional Transmission of Memory in Post-genocide Cambodia (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
Research Fellowship, the Shoah Foundation Institute, University of Southern California. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Research Fellowship, Center for Khmer Studies. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Scholar-in-Residence, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Essen, Germany. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Teaching and Mentoring Honor, The Parents Association, University of Southern California. (Awards and Honors) 2010
The University of Southern California Award for Excellent in Teaching in the Category of International Relations, 2009 (Awards and Honors) 2009
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute, Vietnam. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Research Activities
Field research in southern Vietnam on a book project entitled "The Sino-Vietnamese Split, 1965-79": collection of war and diplomatic memoirs and internally circulated publications at local archives. 2019
Conducted archival research at National Archives No. 2 in Ho Chi Minh city) and National Archives No. 3 in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2016
Continued to conduct survey on adult children of former Khmer Rouge cadres (genocide memory project) 2016
Conducted archival research from June to August at the National Archives No. 3 (Hanoi, Vietnam) on Vietnamese-Soviet-Chinese relations, with Brooklyn College start-up fund. 2015
Conducted survey on adult children of former Khmer Rouge cadres (genocide memory project). 2015
Conducted archival research from June through July at the National Archives No. 3 (Hanoi, Vietnam) on Vietnamese-Soviet-Chinese relations, with Brooklyn College start-up fund. 2014
Conducted survey with adult children of genocide survivors and former Khmer Rouge cadres in various provinces in Cambodia including Pailin, Anglong Veng and Kampong Speu. 2013
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
A Conversation with Asian Vision Institute on "Prime Minister Hun Sen's Worldview" (in-person and online) at AVI Office, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
Book talk, Vietnam's Strategic Thinking During the Third Indochina War (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020) at State University of New York at Buffalo, March 24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
Chair and Discussant -- "Diplomatic and Regional Security between ASEAN and South Korea -- Policy Review", a panel of an international public policy symposium entitled "Strengthening the Korea-ASEAN Partnership in the Post-Covid 19 Era for Shared Future Development organized by The Royal School of Administration, Cambodia, and Korea Research Initiatives at University of New South Wales, Australia -- September 28-30, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
Decolonizing in the Everyday Life of the Academy: Perspectives from Southeast Asia and Its Diaspora, SEAMH Monthly Symposium (Webinar), September 16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2022
Panelist on the "Small State Diplomacy and Hedging Strategy" panel of the Mekong-Asia Pacific Forum organized by Asian Vision Institute -- August 28, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
Vietnam's Strategic Thinking During the Third Indochina War (University of Wisconsin Press, 2022), a book talk organized by Politikoffee (in-person and in Khmer language), October 15, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This event is aimed at engaging Cambodian researchers in original research and writing. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2022
A Reflection on the Myanmar Military Coup: A Cambodian Perspective. Center for Khmer Studies, February 6 (Webinar) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
Book Talk: "On Our Own Strength: The Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tu Luc Van Doan) and Cosmopolitan Nationalism in Late Colonial Vietnam." A conversation with Professor Martina Nguyen hosted by New York Southeast Asian Network (NYSEAN) on April 8 (Webinar). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2021
Discussant for Book Talk: Peace and Security in the Indo-Pacific (Routledge 2021) by Sorpong Peou, June 26 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
Discussant for the "Cambodia-US Relations in the New Era" Conference hosted by Columbia University, Seton Hall University, and New York Southeast Asia Networks, May 6, 8-9:30pm. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
SCHOLAR'S CIRCLE discussion on the Military Coup in Myanmar -- A Radio Talk hosted by Professor Doug Becker on February 8 (Webinar). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2021
Understanding Genocide: What Happened to the Muslims in Myanmar? Muslims Giving Back Brooklyn College, Student Club on April 22 (Webinar) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
"The Politics of Vietnam's Aid to the People's Republic of Cambodia," Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, March 24, Denver, Colorado. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"The Western Origins of Vietnam's Doi Moi (renovation) foreign policy ideas" at 2019 TRaNS International Conference on New and Emergent Approaches, Perspectives, and Voices in Southeast Asian Studies, May 30-31, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Vietnam's Strategic Thinking and the Sino-American Rivalry in the South China Sea," at APEC Study Center Nankai University, April 19-23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
"Ho Chi Minh's Diplomatic Thought: Strategies and Tactics," presented as part of a panel entitled "Wonders of the Weak: Fraught Self-Fashioning by and against Chinas in the Cold War," Panel 93, The Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, March 23, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"Impact of the Early Third Indochina War, 1979-1980," presented at The Third International Conference on "China's Relations with Neighboring Countries and Surrounding Areas: History and Contemporary Issues, sponsored by East China Normal University and New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China, June 24, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"Introduction to International Relations Theories," a one-day class for diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Cambodia), June 13, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"North Vietnam's Diplomacy, 1950-65: Ho Chi Minh Diplomatic Thought", Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference in Washington DC, March 23, 2018 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"The Khmer Republic's Mass Persecution of Ethnic Vietnamese Residents in Cambodia, 1975-79" presented at "Mass Violence in Southeast Asia after 1945" organized by Yale University's Genocide Studies Center, November 8-10, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"The Khmer Republic's Mass Persecution of the Vietnamese Minority in Cambodia, 1970-1975." Conference on Mass Violence in Southeast Asia since 1945, November 9, Yale University, New Haven, USA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"The origins of Vietnam's Doi Moi (Renovation) in 1986." Presented to the students and faculty at the University of Mandalay (Myanmar) on June 18, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"The Origins of Vietnam's Doi Moi Foreign Policy in 1986" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Myanmar, June 20, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2018
"The Origins of Vietnam's Doi Moi Foreign Policy in 1986: New Evidence from the Vietnamese Archives," Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), January 19, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"The Origins of Vietnam's Doi Moi Policy in 1986." Lecture at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Vietnam's Bumpy Road to Economic Renovation or Doi Moi in 1986." Hosted and organized by the Harvey Goldberg Center for the Study of Contemporary History and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the University of Wisconsin - Madison, December 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Duality of Vietnam's Deference and Resistance to China's Rise," at Future Trend and Cooperation Prospect of China-Vietnam Relations Seminar, Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, People's Republic of China, December 10, 2017. This academic seminar was organized to discuss the prospect of Sino-Vietnamese cooperation and conflict beyond the South China Sea dispute. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"Evolution of Chinese-Vietnamese relations and Implications for Cambodia" Research Unit of the Prime Minister' Office, The Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 25, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Resistance to Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Cambodia," Panel on Recovery and Imagination in post-genocide Cambodia. The Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 16, 2017. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Discussion panelist (with Prof. Doug Erickson Irvine and Elena Lesley) at the screening event of "First They Killed My Father," based on a memoir by genocide survivor and human rights activist Loung Ung and co-produced by Angelina Jolie and Rithy Panh. The event was organized by documentary filmmaker Neardey Trinh and hosted by George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, December 16, 2017. The film screening and the panel were organized to discuss the consequences of the Cambodian genocide on Cambodian survivors and raise genocide awareness beyond the Cambodian community (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
Reassessment of the Causes of the Third Indochina War, International Studies Associations (ISA) Annual International Conference, Hong Kong (China) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Symposium on Asia Cooperation Dialogue and the Building of an Asian Community of Shared Future, Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong (the People's Republic of China), December 7, 2017. This symposium was organized to discuss President Xi Jingping's vision of "a community of shared future" after the 19th Party Congress. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Resistance to Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Cambodia" in Politics of Human Rights in Asia Panel at New York Conference of Asian Studies (NYCAS) at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, October 16-17 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
Co-organizer of Recovery in the Aftermath of War and Genocide Symposium (Nov 6) sponsored by the Center for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Rutgers University and The Documentation Center of Cambodia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"China's Aid to North Vietnam During the Height of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969." 56th Annual Conference, American Association of China Studies, hosted by Elliott School of International Affairs and Sigur Center for Asian Studies. George Washington University. Washington D.C., Oct. 10-12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"China's Aid to North Vietnam During the Vietnam War, 1965-1975" lecture series. Center for Southeast Asian Center, University of Michigan. Dec. 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Sino-Vietnamese Territorial Dispute: Hanoi's Counterbalancing Strategies and Its Consequences." Vietnam Conference: New Perspective. Hawaii Pacific University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"The Challenges of Reintegration and Peace-building in Post-genocide Cambodia." Institute of Advanced Study in the Humanities. Essen, Germany. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"The Effects of Thought Reform After Genocide: A Study of Social Adaptation Among Khmer Rouge Perpetrators." Association of International Studies. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Professional Leadership
Appointment Committee, starting in Spring 2022 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2022
Faculty Council alternate delegates at-large, September 2021-May 2024 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Member of the Committee on Course and Standing for the 2021-2022 academic year.
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Board member of the Thailand, Loas and Cambodia (TLC) Studies Association (starting Fall 2018) (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Chair of M.A. Program in International Affairs and Global Justice, Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY (starting Fall 2018). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
College-wide General Education Committee, starting Fall 2018 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Member of the Board of Directors, the Center for Khmer Studies and member of CKS Academic Program Committee (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2018
Member of Advisory Team of Phnom Penh-based Sleuk Rith Institute Academy of Genocide, Conflict and Human Rights Studies since 2009 (http://www.cambodiasri.org/about) (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Member of Bell Zeller Faculty Appointment Committee, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member of Library Committee, Brooklyn College CUNY (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member of the Bell Zeller Appointment Committee, Brooklyn College CUNY (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Member of the Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, International Working Group Steering Committee on Cambodia-Souteast Asia, the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Founding member and Deputy director, Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (1997-2000) (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 1997
Pedagogical Achievements
Completed and obtained a certificate for a Online Pedagogy course offered by Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning, Brooklyn College, in October 2021. 2021
Director of Study Abroad Program Cambodia, a problem-based field research on transitional justice in post-genocide Cambodia for CUNY-wide undergraduate and graduate students (winter intersession). I have run this program since intersession 2014-2015. The goal is to inspire American students to do research in a foreign country and to become concerned citizens who may go on to raise genocide awareness in their own family and community. I believe genocide prevention begins with a concerned citizen who has the passion to build a community of shared concerns about the crime against humanity, war crimes, and genocide/ethnic cleansing around the globe. 2018
Model United Nations Course combines traditional lecture with experiential learning. Students participated in the multilateral diplomacy simulation conferences organized by the National Model United Nations-New York (NMUN-NY). Students not only learned about the role of the United Nations in world politics, but also acquired transferrable skills pertaining to drafting resolutions, negotiation and collaboration the context of the United Nations-based parliamentary diplomacy. In addition, students become part of the growing connection of global citizenship.
2018
Director of Study Abroad Program Cambodia, Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Teaching methodology: outside-classroom active learning, interaction with real-world issues, and problem-based field research. 2016
Whiting Fellowship in recognition of outstanding teaching in the humanities 2016
Designed a team-based learning course, Human Rights in World Politics, summer. 2014
Other Professional Activities
Appointed to join the doctoral International Relations faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center, starting in May 2022 2022
Research on the People's Republic of Kampuchea regime at the National Archives of Cambodia, July to December 2022
Affiliated Scholar of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Graduate Center of the City University of New York 2021
Academic advisor to the Mekong Centre for Strategic Studies, the Asian Vision Institute, a think tank based in Cambodia. 2020
Member of the Editorial Board, International Relations in Southeast Asia series, Routledge (September 15, 2017-Present) 2017
