Chaiyarat, Kampanart (kc3579)

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Kampanart "Menn" Chaiyarat

Part Time Instructor
Instructor and Student Teacher Supervisor, Program in Social Studies Education

Office Location:

Zankel 420 A

Office Hours:

Spring 2026: Wednesdays (Zoom) 3:30-5 PM and Thursdays (In-person) 2:30-3:30 PM
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Educational Background

Ph.D. Candidate in Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University (Expected graduation: Spring 2027)

M.Phil. in Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University

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

Politics and Education in Southeast Asia

Democracy and Education

Teacher Education, Teacher Agency

Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Activism

Selected Publications

Chaiyarat, K. (2026). Democratic citizenship education under constraint: a critical phenomenological study of teacher agency and everyday resistance. Oxford Review of Education, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2026.2702439 

Chaiyarat, K. (2026). Digital Defiance: Analysis of Public Opinion Toward Youth Activism in Thailand during 2020–2023. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2026.2621232 

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

Chaiyarat, K., Wongwanich, S., & Piromsombat, C. (2020). How teachers facilitate civic discourse to enhance students’ citizenship: A qualitative study of Thai secondary social studies classrooms. Journal of Education and Innovation 23(4), 107-121. [in Thai]. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/edujournal_nu/article/view/241745 

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Chair, College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Graduate Forum

International Assembly (IA)

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

Chair, Southeast Asia SIG

Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Division B – Curriculum Studies & Division K – Teaching and Teacher Education

Social Studies Education SIG

I am a Ph.D. student and part-time instructor in the Social Studies Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. My research focuses on democracy, education, and teacher agency, particularly within repressive political, social, and educational contexts. I am also interested in issues related to urban civic education, including the experiences of transnational and migrant students in NYC and Bangkok.

Born and educated in Thailand, I aim to bring a global perspective to enrich scholarly discussions on social studies and civic education in the U.S. Previously, I taught social studies, history, and civics in secondary schools and worked as a lecturer and field supervisor for undergraduate social studies majors at a university in Bangkok. At Teachers College, I teach the graduate-level Student Teaching Seminar course and supervise social studies student teachers during their placements in NYC schools, helping them develop into reflective, culturally relevant, and critical social studies educators.

Research Assistant

Educator Experiences Facilitating Youth Civic Action Research (under Dr. Beth Rubin)

The Civically Engaged Districts Project

2026-2027 - Ph.D. Academic Year Fellowship, Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University

2025-2026 - Ph.D. Academic Year Fellowship, Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University

2024 - Summer Grant, 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

2026-2027 - Provost Dissertation Research Award

Academic Year 2026-2027

Fall 2026 - A&HW 4530 Seminar for Student Teachers in Social Studies

Academic Year 2025-2026

Summer 2026 - A&HW 4037 East and Southeast Asia: Developing Critically Global-Minded Teaching

Spring 2026 - A&HW 4530 Seminar for Student Teachers in Social Studies

Fall 2025 - A&HW 4530 Seminar for Student Teachers in Social Studies

Academic Year 2024-2025

Summer 2025 - A&HW 4037 East and Southeast Asia: Developing Critically Global-Minded Teaching

Spring 2025 - A&HW 4530 Seminar for Student Teachers in Social Studies

Fall 2024 - A&HW 4530 Seminar for Student Teachers in Social Studies

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