Office Hours:
Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 PM and Thursdays 2:30-4:00 PMTC Affiliations:
Faculty Expertise:
Educational Background
Ph.D. Student in Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University (In progress, Expected graduation: Spring 2027)
M.Ed. in Educational Research Methodology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
B.Ed. in Secondary Social Studies Education (with first class honors), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Scholarly Interests
Social Studies Education, Civic/Citizenship Education
Social Studies in Southeast Asia, Politics and Education in Southeast Asia
Teacher Education, Teacher Agency
Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Activism
Ideology and Education
Selected Publications
Chaiyarat, K. (2024). Enhancing creative problem solving and learning motivation in social studies classrooms with gamified cooperative learning. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 101616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101616
Active Professional Organizations
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA)
International Assembly (IA)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG
Southeast Asia SIG (Vice Chair, 2024-2025)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Division B – Curriculum Studies
Division K – Teaching and Teacher Education
Social Studies Education SIG
Current Projects
Exploring Teachers’ Decision-Making in the Post-Trump Era Social Studies Classrooms (Principal Investigator)
Educator Experiences Facilitating Youth Civic Action Research (Research Assistant)
Grants
2024 - Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF), Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University
2024 - Dean’s Grant for Student Research, Teachers College, Columbia University
2022-2025 - Teachers College, Columbia University Doctoral Fellowship
2020 - National Research Council of Thailand Graduate Thesis Scholarship
Teaching
Fall 2024
A&HW 4530 Student Teaching Seminar (Section 2), Thursdays 5:10 - 6:50 pm
Summer 2024
A&HW 5503 Research Paper in Social Studies (for MA students in Teaching of Social Studies with Initial Teacher Certifications)