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Adam Dedman, Director, South East Asian Institute of Global Studies (SEAIGS)
adedman@seaigs.org
Adam grew up bilingual English and Japanese in the United States before moving to Tokyo where he pursued his undergraduate degree in Comparative Humanities at Sophia University. He later conducted graduate work at Harvard University where he studied religion and politics of Southeast Asia. Adam has lived in Asia for over a decade and speaks English, Thai and Japanese. Adam has overseen study abroad at Payap University since 2005 and the Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Program since 2006. Adam himself is a product of study abroad in Asia and has worked with numerous American and other study abroad students in Thailand. His academic areas of interest include the religion and politics of South East Asia.
Jessica Loh, Head, International Campus Life
jloh@seaigs.org
Jessica was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where she obtained her B.A. in Drama in Education at the University of Windsor. She taught drama and English in Niigata, Japan prior to pursuing her master's degree in International Education at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. She has had extensive experience in the design and delivery of numerous workshops and presentations including pre-departure orientations for volunteers, re-entry workshops for returning study abroad students, as well as workshops on drama and motivation in the classroom. Jessica's academic interests lie in the area of cross-cultural communication, the arts as a vehicle for education, and experiential learning. She teaches a module course for study abroad students entitled "Intercultural Understanding."
Chalermpol Tantawanich, SEAIGS Program Officer
chalermpol@seaigs.org
Chalermpol Tantawanich (“Neung”) was born in Bangkok, Thailand but moved to Chiang Mai as a child. Neung completed a BA in English from Payap University where he began working as a part-time student coordinator for the Experiment in International Living summer program for high school students run by the Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Program. Neung has been working full-time with the Thai and South East Asian Studies Program team since 2007. He is also the resident video reporter and photographer for SEAIGS and maintains the SEAIGS YouTube Channel.
Rittikrai Sripolmeth, SEAIGS Program Officer & Thai language instructor
rittikrai@seaigs.org
Rittikrai (“Ajan Gai”) grew up in Bangkok but has fallen in love with northern Thailand. In 1987, he received a certificate in professional tour-guide training from Chiang Mai University and the Tourist Authority of Thailand. While working as a freelance tour guide, he also worked contractually with some international schools bringing foreign students for excursions in northern Thailand. After graduating from Payap University in 1996, he worked as a part-time research assistant for students from America and Canada helping them conduct research on environmental and social issues in Thailand. Ajan Gai teaches Thai language at SEIAGS and has been part of the Thai and South East Asian Studies Program team since 2003.
Chanitra Worayingyong, Study Abroad Officer
chalida@seaigs.org
Note: Chanitra's former name was Chalida Boonrungsee and was changed in February 2012.
Chanitra received her B.A. in Mass Communication from Chiang Mai University before she started
her first job as a Business Planner at a Korean Company in Lamphun district for 3 years. She was later recruited by one of the Overseas Education Companies located in Chiang Mai and decided
to try a new experience as an overseas educational counselor. This sparked her interest to learn
more about all of the main education systems around the world. She had visited Australia and New Zealand and was now able to compare those two educational systems with Japan, England, Korea and the U.S.A.
To deal with people better, she decided to study more about psychology since it could be applied to
her job. She received her M.S. in Industrial and Organization Psychology from Chiang Mai University.
In 2008 she began working at Payap University as a fundraiser involved with grant opportunities and
the educational network, and has now transitioned to an enthusiastic study abroad officer for Payap
University.
