About the Author
Patchanee Malikhaoreceived her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of
Queensland in Australia, a Master’s of Arts degree in Mass Communication from
Thammasat University in Thailand, a Master’s of Science degree in Printing
Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York,
and a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Photographic Science and Printing
Technology from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She has worked and
received extensive trainings in thefields of Communication for Social Change,
Imaging Technology, Social Science Research Methods and Data Analyses in
Belgium, Australia, and the United States. She was a recipient of many scholarships
and awards, including the Fulbright Scholarship, the Australian Postgraduate
Award, and the Outstanding Teacher Award. She had worked as researcher and
lecturer at many places in the world: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; The
University of Queensland, Australia; University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA;
Thammasat University, Thailand. She is a Senior Fellow in the CSSC Center at
UMass Amherst since 2010. She has published in thefields of Development
Communication, Health Communication, Religion Communication; Buddhism and
Journalism; Sustainable Development; and HIV/AIDS Sociology. Her latest book is
“Effective Health Communication for Sustainable Development”, published by
Nova Science in New York in 2016. An earlier book,Sex in the Village. Culture,
Religion and HIV/AIDS in Thailand, was published by Southbound & Silkworm
Publishers: Penang-Chiang Mai, in 2011.
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