Interview with Professor Thak Chaloemtiarana

Abstract

An interview with Thak Chaloemtiarana, retired Professor in the Graduate School. Thak served as the director of the Southeast Asia Program until 2010, and was the associate dean and director of admissions for the College of Arts and Sciences from 1985 to 1998. He discusses how he came to study Thailand, instead of his intended topic of Indonesia. He also describes the relationship between Southeast Asia Program faculty and the students.