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Napisa Waitoolkiat was born and grew up in metropolitan Bangkok. She graduated from Thammasat University with a BA in Political Science. Afterward she pursued graduate work in the USA, eventually obtaining both an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Following this, she became a lecturer in political science at Naresuan University, Phitsanuloke, Thailand. In 2007, Dr. Waitoolkiat won a post-doctorate fellowship at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore as well as at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. Her current research interests focus on emerging democracies (especially in Thailand) as well as in the areas of electoral politics, party politics, voting behavior, political institutions, the relationship between democratic institutions and political accountability, corruption, and processes of democratization.

Published Works

Napisa Waitoolkiat, "Effect of district magnitude on electoral corruption on under a block vote system: the case of Thailand." Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 10:2, pp.47-62 (2010).

With Paul Chambers. "Country report, Thailand." BTI (Bertelsmann Transformation Index - forthcoming) 2012 Project (BTI makes biannual determinations of democracy in a given country).

"Democratic Institutions and Electoral Corruption in Emerging Democracies: the Case of Thailand" (forthcoming journal article, East-West Center)

"Block Voting and Electoral Corruption in Thailand," (forthcoming journal article, Asia Pacific Social Science Review)

With Paul Chambers. "Country report, Thailand." BTI (Bertelsmann Transformation Index) 2010 Project (BTI makes biannual determinations of democracy in a given country).

April 2008 - May 2009, a country anchor/consultant for Thailand in the project on "Democratic Accountability" (sponsored by Duke University, USA) to be published by World Bank as part of World Bank's Dataset on Political Institutions (DPI).

"Elections and Democracy in Thailand." 19 December 2007 (no.5), East-West Center Asia Pacific Bulletin.

February 8, 2007. With Paul Chambers, "Upgrading the Upper House: Thailand's Senate Needs a Good Sanitizing But What Can Be Done?" The Nation

October 11, 2006. With Paul Chambers, "Thaksin or 'White September.'" The Nation