CV

National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Master of Arts in Religious Studies, 2025

• Thesis Title: “A Study of Strategies for Reconciling Conflicts Between Beliefs in Karma and Magic in Contemporary Thailand” (in Chinese)
  Supported by:  Graduate Student Fellowship Project | Jan–Dec 2025 : Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica
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Sripatum University, Thailand
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (First Class Honors), 2009

• Computer Science Project: “Intelligent Tutoring System for Java Language” (in Thai)

• English: TOEIC Score 600 (CEFR B1), February 2025

• Chinese: TOCFL Level B2 (CEFR B2), March 2022

• Thai: Native speaker

• Pāli: Level 3 (certified by Thai Royal Examinations for Pali Studies, 2019)

• “The Roles of Buddhist Monks and Doctrinal Representation in Contemporary Thai Ghost Narratives,” 

Postgraduate Symposium on Religious Studies, National Chengchi University, June 3, 2025.  (in Chinese)

• “Karmic and Magical Beliefs in Thai Contemporary Ghost Narratives,”

Postgraduate Symposium on Religious Studies, National Chengchi University, June 2, 2024.  (in Chinese)

• “Sacred Objects in Thai Ghost Narratives,” 

Annual Conference of Southeast Asian Studies in Taiwan, National Chi Nan University, October 28, 2023.  (in Chinese)

• “Why Has the Thai Sangha Never Instigated Social Unrest? — An Insider’s Perspective,”

2023 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Society for Anthropology and Ethnology, Academia Sinica, September 23, 2023.  (in Chinese)

• “Public Expectations toward Buddhism through Buddhist Elements in Thai Ghost Narratives,”

Postgraduate Symposium on Religious Studies, National Chengchi University, June 12, 2023.  (in Chinese)

• "The Story of Thai Monk about His Otherness" [ข้อใดไม่เข้าพวก : จาก ธรรมกาย สู่ ไต้หวัน เรื่องเล่าของพระไทยที่ถูกตั้งคำถามถึง ‘ความเป็นอื่น’] (in Thai)

Published on July 21, 2025 Link

Website: Mutual Finding (mutualfinding.co)

• "Beliefs in Karma and Magic in Contemporary Thai Society"
  [ความเชื่อเรื่องกรรมและไสยศาสตร์ในสังคมไทยร่วมสมัย]
  Invited speaker, JORA Podcast Season 3, Episode 1 Link

Participated in a live public discussion on master’s thesis research concerning the reconciliation of karmic and magical belief systems in contemporary Thailand.
Organized by e-Journal on Religious Anthropology (JORA), May 9, 2026.

Video Recording: YouTube Recording

• "信仰與傳說：鬼月的泰國鬼故事" [Faith and Folklore: Thai Ghost Stories in the Lunar Ghost Month]

Presented in Chinese on September 20, 2025 Link

Venue: TCCC Taiwan Creative & Cultural Training Center, Chang'an Branch

Organizer: Laichu Taibei Cultural & Creative Co., Ltd. （來趣泰北文化創意有限公司）

• Interview contributor for 《經典雜誌 Rhythms Monthly》, Vol. 334 (May 2026),
  in the feature article: “世俗與神聖的擺盪：泰國佛教狂熱與莊嚴”
  [Between the Sacred and the Secular: Devotion and Solemnity in Thai Buddhism]
  Written by 張興祥, photography by 鄭映航

Contributed commentary and cultural interpretation concerning Thai Buddhism, Buddhist amulets, ritual tattooing, Songkran practices, and the interplay between sacred devotion and everyday religious life in contemporary Thailand.

Published in Rhythms Monthly, a cultural magazine published by the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan. Rhythms Monthly Vol. 334

• Graduate Student Fellowship

Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, 2025 (Jan–Dec) Link 

• Honor Plaque of Academic Excellence, Sripatum University, 2009

• Academic Excellence Scholarship, Sripatum University, 2007

• Master of Arts Program in Global Studies, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University: MCU

General Administration Officer (Feb 2026 – Present)

• Dhammadhara Journal of Buddhist Studies (TCI Tier-1): DJBS
  Editorial Staff— Online Systems; Manuscript Formatting Reviewer (Jan 2026 – Present)

• Mutual Finding (mutualfinding.co)
  Freelance Writer (May 2025 – Present)

• Pāli Tipiṭaka Translation Project (Peking University (China) – DCI Center for Buddhist Studies (Thailand) Edition)

Thai–Chinese Comparative Translation Team Member (Jan 2024 – Present)

• National Chengchi University

Teaching Assistant, Graduate Institute of Religious Studies (Sept 2023 – June 2024)

1. Special Topic on Theravada Buddhism of Post War Thailand (2023 Fall Semester)

2. Seminar on Contemporary Buddhism, International Relations and Cultural Cold War (2024 Spring Semester)

• Tamkang University Chinese Language Center

Volunteer: Translator (Chinese–Thai) (2020)

• The Zoological Park Organization of Thailand

Intern: Programmer (May – July 2009)