Research Team

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Carolina Population Center (UNC-CH), the Department of Geography (UNC-CH), and the Institute for Population and Social Research (Mahidol University, Thailand) are involved in the Nang Rong Projects. Team members (past and present) consist of faculty, staff, and graduate research assistants from various backgrounds with expertise in sociology, demography, physical geography, GIS, remote sensing, statistical and spatial analyses, environmental modeling, economics, and nutrition.

CPC Principal Investigators

Ronald Rindfuss, Ph.D.
CPC Fellow and Sociology, UNC-CH

Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D.
Director-CPC, CPC Fellow and Sociology, UNC-CH

Steve Walsh, Ph.D.
CPC Fellow and Geography, UNC-CH

IPSR Faculty Investigators

Pramote Prasartkul, Ph.D.
IPSR Academic Staff, Mahidol University

Apichat Chamratrithirong, Ph.D.
IPSR Advisor, Mahidol University

Varachai Thongthai, Ph.D.
IPSR Deputy Director, Mahidol University

Chanya Sethaput, Ph.D.
IPSR Academic Staff, Mahidol University

Yothin Sawangdee, Ph.D.
IPSR Academic Staff, Mahidol University

Kanchana Tangchonlatip, M.A.
IPSR Academic Staff, Mahidol University

Other Researchers / Contributors

Sara Curran, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Katherine Faust, Ph.D.
University of California - Irvine

Phil Page
Associate Director, SAU, CPC

Mary Williams-Lee
Project Manager, CPC

Rick O'Hara
Social Data Analyst, CPC

Erika Stone
Social Data Analyst, CPC

Philip McDaniel
Spatial Data Analyst, CPC

Randy Pullen
Spatial Data Analyst

John B. Vogler
Spatial Data Analyst