Assistant Professor Tavida Kamolvej, Ph.D. School of Political Science, Thammasat University 2 PraJan Rd., Pranakorn, Bangkok, 10200 Thailand Tel: (662)613-2304 Fax: (662)623-5156 tkpolsc@tu.ac.th, tavida_polsc@yahoo.com Work Experience: Currently Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Political Science School, Public Administration and Policy Department, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Courses taught: Disaster and Emergency Management, Complexity and Social Network in Public Management, Strategic Management, Research Methodology and Statistic for Social Science, Human Resource and Organization Management, Public Fiscal and Budgeting Research Interests: Disaster and Emergency Management, Assessing and Evaluating Public Policy, Strategic Design and Management Consulting Experience: 1. The National Subcommittee on Disaster Early Warning Integrated Data and Information, The National Disaster Early Warning Committee, Thailand. 2. The Subcommittee on Water Drainage Management, Bangkok Metropolitan Authority Water Drainage and Traffic Committee, Bangkok Parliament Board. 3. Disaster Risk Management Advisor to the Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Thailand. 4. Technical Advisor of the United Nations Development Program to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Thailand 5. Committee on Communication in Disaster, The Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. 6. Instructor and evaluator for the US State Department Senior Crisis Management Seminar Program in collaboration with American University, DC. 7. Advisor to UNESCO, Adaptive Learning on Disaster Community Adaptive and Resilient (ALDCAR), under assistantship program of UNESCO/IOC to the government of Thailand. 8. Advisor to the Thai delegation, UNISDR First Global Disaster Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. Curriculum Vitae, Tavida Kamolvej, Ph.D.
9. Trainer, Communicating Disaster: How to deal with media and community, a collaborative program of UNDP and the government of Thailand. 10. Advisor to the Ministry of Labor, Public Management Quality Assurance, Secretary General Office of Ministry of Labor. 11. Community Participation Advisor, Commercial Center Initiation Project, Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) 12. Advisor and Facilitator, Tsunami Alert Rapid Notification System (TARNS) Workshop, under the assistantship of USAID-NOAA-USFS to the government of Thailand. 13. Disaster Management and Early Warning System Advisor, National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), Thailand. 14. Emergency Management Consultant, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Hawaii, USA. Administrative and Community Experience: 1. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University 2. Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University 3. Deputy Director of the Combine Bachelor and Master in Politics and International relation, Faculty of Political Sciences, Thammasat University. 4. Committee, Faculty Cabinet to the Provost Office, Thammasat University, Thailand 5. President of Kasetsart University School Alumni, Thailand Education: PhD GCPM MA BA Doctor of Philosophy, Public Administration & Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Dissertation: The Integration of Intergovernmental Coordination and Information Management in Response to Immediate Crises: Thailand Emergency Management Graduate Certificate in Public Management, School of Social Sciences, University of South Florida, USA. Master of Public Administration, Thammasat University, Thailand Thesis: Civil Society Policy of Bangkok Metropolitan Authority: The Evaluation on Potential of Success Bachelor of Art (first class honor), Public Administration (Major) Human Resource & Organization Management (Minor) Thammasat University, Thailand
Research: 2015 The Coherent Design for Civil Incident Command System and Emergency Medical Incident Command System in Thailand, The National Institute of Emergency Medicine, Thailand. 2014-2015 The Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Establishment of Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Activated by the Criteria Matrix of Disaster Management Level, Faculty of Political Sciences Research Fund, Thammasat University. 2013 Teaching and Students Learning Development: School of Political Science, Thammasat University, Faculty of Political Sciences Research Fund, Thammasat University. 2012 Flood Policy and Management Collaborative Network in Thailand 2011, Public Policy Studies Institute, Thailand. 2011 Safety Culture: Flood 2011 in Bangkok, Preliminary Analysis for the Research on Politics of Flood Management. 2010 Tobacco Consumption Behavior of 5 Regions in Thailand, Survey Research for The Study of Taxes and Non-Tax Mechanisms for Tobacco Pricing, Ministry of Finance. 2009 Participatory Governance: the Study of Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, and Ministry of Tourism and Sport 2008 Comparative Bureaucratic Reform, Institute of Good Governance Promotion 2008 Performance Evaluation: PMQA Change Management, Ministry of Labor 2007 The Commercial Center Development: urban and social planning, Bangkok Metropolitan 2007 Lesson Learnt for Tsunami Warning and Evacuation: Community Level Centering Preparedness and Response at School: Lessons before and during a full scale warning and evacuation exercise on July 25 th 2007. 2006 The Integration of Intergovernmental, Community, and Information Networks in Response to Immediate Crises: Thailand Emergency Management. 2005 Concept of Operations on Tsunami Warning Analysis and Dissemination: The National Disaster Warning Center of Thailand. 2003 Managing Changes in Public Organizations: The Approaches of Harnessing Complexity and Information Management. 2002 Interagency Management and Information Technology in Flood Crisis Management: the management of Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand. 2001 Social Research on Autonomous University: the Transition of Public Universities in Thailand. 1997 The Civil Society Policy of Bangkok Metropolitan Authority
Published Articles in Thai : 2015 Thailand Medical Emergency Assistance Operation in Nepal Earthquake (Revising for publishing in Political Sciences Nites, July-December 2015). 2014 Education Quality Measurement: Can one size fit all Political Science s shoes?, TU Review, Thammasat University, April 2014. 2013 Looking for the Incident Response Plan through the Provincial Disaster Operational Plan, Journal of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Vol.2, May August, 2013. 2012 Stumps at High Tide, Proceeding, Annual Academic Conference, School of Political Sciences, Thammasat University, January, 2012. 2011 Amazing Flood of Thai Style, King Prajadhipok Institute Journal, December 2011. 2010 Public Policy in Governance, The Challenge of Public Management in the 21 st Century (in Thai), Thammasat Printing 2010. 2009 The Sciences of Disaster Management, Journal of Political Science (in Thai), special edition No.3, December 2009. 2008 Collaborative Disaster Management, Disaster Management Journal, Chunbuk University, Korea. 2008 Resilient Community Disaster Management, Conference Paper, International Conference on Thai Society in Transnationalized World, Bangkok, Thailand 2005 Different Angle of Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia: Socio-Technical Perspective, EPA Journal, 2 nd Vol., Thammasat University. (Published in Thai) 2005 Walking Tsunami Trail in Southern Thailand: Socio-Technical Perspective, EPA Journal, 1 st Vol., Thammasat University. (Published in Thai) Published Articles in English: 2014 Has Thailand Disaster Management Improved From Tsunami 2004 to Flood 2011?, Journal of Politics, Politics and Government College, Mahasarakram University, Volume 2, September 2013 February 2014. 2012-2015 Author, Book Chapter, Institutionalize ASEAN Collaborative Disaster Management: Challenges toward ASEAN community, Promotion of ASEAN and East Asian Studies Conference. 2010 Multilateral Collaboration on International Disaster Warning Management in South East Asia: Cooperation or Competition, Core Universitie Conference. 2010 Book review, Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security by Richard Sylves, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol.12: February-April 2010.
2008 Collaborative Disaster Management, Disaster Management Journal, Chunbuk University, Korea. 2008 Resilient Community Disaster Management, Conference Paper, International Conference on Thai Society in Transnationalized World, Bangkok, Thailand 2007 The Search for Collaborative Disaster Management, Innovative Initiatives in Disaster Risk Reduction: Applied Research by Young Practitioners in South, South East and East Asia, Provention Consortium, IFRC. 2005 Why Policy fails..are we tossing coin into garbage can or are we not being able to bridge the gap between policy and practice? Journal of Social Science, Vol36, No.2, July-December. Books in Thai 2014 Disaster Risk Management Glossary, Advisor and Working Group, United Nations Development Program and Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Thailand. 2011 Disaster Management Guideline for Local Authorities, King Prajadhipok Institute, author. 2010 Living with Disasters, Civil Emergency Relief Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Authority, editor. 2000 Conflicts in Thai Society: Case of Economic Crisis, co editor. Awards and Grants: 2006 National Science Foundation, USA. GSR Grant on Exploratory Workshop, Sensor Network and Socio-Technical Components in Tsunami Response: Comparative Perspective of Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. 2005 World Bank; Provention Consortium Grant: Interagency Management and Information Technology in Thailand Emergency Management. 2005 UCIS, University Center of International Study, University of Pittsburgh and PDC, Pacific Disaster Center, Hawaii Field Research Grant on Tsunami Assessment in Southern Thailand and Aceh, Indonesia. 2000 Fulbright Scholarship, PhD. in Public Administration, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1994 First Class Honors, BA. in Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand