william.jon@mahidol.edu
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1123

Education

• Ph. D. Candidate (Philosophy; Mahidol University, Thailand)
• M.A. (European Studies; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
• B.A. (Social Science: International Studies; Mahidol University International College, Thailand)

Areas of Research Interest / Publication

ASEAN and European Integration, Human Rights in Southeast Asia, Contemporary Thai Politics, Comparative Regionalism, Theories of International Relations, Politics of Regional Integration

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

• Agarwal, Ruchi & Jones, William J. (2022) Social Media’s Role in the Changing Religious Landscape of Contemporary Bangkok. Religions, 13(5), 421-438.
• Jones, William J. (2021) State of Art: Theories and Methods of Studying the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights & Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 6(2), 229-244.
• Jones, William J. & Theerawong, Pawinpon (2021) Muay Thai Diplomacy: Thailand’s Soft Power Through Public Diplomacy. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 11(1), 99-123.
• Jones, William J. & Agarwal, Ruchi (2021) Herding Cats & Howling Dogs: The Thai Military, Applied Authoritarianism and the Election of 2019. Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 6(1), 39-70.
• Rhein, Douglas. L. & Jones, William J. (2020) The Impact of Ethnicity on the sociocultural Adjustment of International Students in Thai Higher Education. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 9(3), 363–388.
• Jones, William J. & Rhein, Douglas L. (2018). Tutorial Schools in Thailand: Perceptions and Motivations of Thai High School Students. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 4(2), 66-83.
• Agarwal, Ruchi & Jones, William J. (2018). Ganesa and His Cult in Contemporary Thailand. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 14(2), 121-142.
• Jones, William J. & Rhein, Douglas L. (2018). Hegemonic Preservation and Thailand’s Constitutional Crisis. Romanian Journal of Politics and Society, 12(2), 7-35.
• Jones, William J. (2017). Myanmar’s Rohingya: Human Rights Abuses and Systemic Violence. Journal of Urban Culture Research, 14, 16-33.
• Jones, William J. (2017). Human Rights Treaty Ratification Behavior: An ASEAN Way of Creating Standards. Journal of Global Analysis, 7(1), 10-35.
• Jones, William J. (2015). Theorising Human Rights: An Analytical Framework for ASEAN. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 6(4), 461-492.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Political Semiotics of National Campaign Posters & Pictorial Representation: Thailand’s 2011 General Elections. Semiotica, 199, 269-296.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Human Security & ASEAN Transboundary Haze: An Idea That Never Came. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 5(4), 603-623.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Universalizing Human Rights The ASEAN Way. International Journal of Social Sciences, 3(3), 72-89.
• Jones, William J. (2013). Thai Capitalism and Political Economy Post 1997 Crisis, Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, 13(1), 253-264.
• Jones, William J. (2012). European Integration: Re-orientations of History and Political Studies. International Studies Review, 14(4), 615-621.
• Jones, William J. (2011). The ASEAN Economic Community & New Regionalism: A Neorealist Analysis. ASIEN – The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 119, 49-66.
• Jones, William J. (2011). European Union Soft Power: Cultural Diplomacy & Higher Education in Southeast Asia. Silapakorn University International Journal, 9-10, 41-70.

Book Reviews, Periodicals and Encyclopedia Entries

• Jones, William J. (2022 Forthcoming). Review of The Frontiers of Public Diplomacy Hegemony, Morality and Power in the International Sphere. India Quarterly
• Jones, William J. (2022 Forthcoming). Review of China’s Rise and Australia–Japan–US Relations Primacy and Leadership in East Asia. Malaysian Journal of International Relations
• Jones, William J. (2022). Review of Washington Bullets. International Studies, 59(1), 97-98
• Jones, William J. (2021). Review of Preventive Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 16(4), 603-606
• Jones, William J. (2017). Review of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 12(4), 361-364.
• Jones, William J. (2017). Review of Unequal Thailand: Aspects of Income, Wealth and Power, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 47(4), 668-671.
• Jones, William J. (2016). Review of ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia, African and Asian Studies, 15(1), 120-123.
• Jones, William J. (2015). Review of ASEAN Matters! Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asian Integration Studies, 8(1).
• Jones, William J. & Copeland, M. (2015) Review of Southeast Asia in the New International Era, 6^th edition, Journal of International and Global Studies, 7(1), 159-162.
• Jones, William J. (2015). Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. In Jesudas Athyal (ed.) Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Culture (pp. 18-19). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
• Jones, William J. (2015). Nationalism. In Jesudas Athyal (ed.) Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Culture (pp. 202-205). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
• Jones, William J. (2015). Sulak Sivaraksa. In Jesudas Athyal (ed.) Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Culture (pp. 291-293). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Review of ASEAN Regionalism Cooperation, Values and Institutionalization, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 44(2), 367-369.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Review of Unity in Connectivity? Evolving Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region, Human Rights Law Review, 14(3), 573-575.
• Jones, William J. (2014). Review of Presidents, Assemblies, and Policy-Making in Asia, East Asian Integration Studies, 7(16).
• Jones, William J. (2013). Review of Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice, Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, 13(2), 329-334.
• Jones, William J. (2013). Review of Alan Collins: Building a People-oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 32(1), 144-148.
• Jones, William J. (2013). Review of Conversations with Thaksin – from Exile to Deliverance Thailand’s Populist Tycoon Tells his Story, Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 6(2), 395-397.
• Interview with Caijing Magazine 12-16-2013 – Thai Fable The Electoral System Test of Democracy.
• Jones, William J. (2012). Review of Thai Capital After the 1997 Crisis, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 47(3), 582-584.
• Jones, William J. (2012). Review of Non-Western International Relations Theory Perspectives on and beyond Asia, Journal of International and Global Studies, 4(1), 96-101.
• Jones, William J. (2012). Review of Thaksin, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 42(2), 328-331.
• Jones, William J. (2012). Review of Kissinger’s Year: 1973, Journal of International and Global Studies, 3(2), 170-171.

Course Taught

• ICGS 116 Political Science
• ICIR 101 Approaches to International Relations and Global Affairs
• ICIR 102 Approaches to Comparative Politics and Systems
• ICIR 312 International Law and International Relations
• ICIR 332 Comparative Regionalism