VITA
DATE: February 18, 2004
NAME: M. Ladd Thomas RANK: Professor
DEPARTMENT: Political Science
DATE OF BIRTH: March 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1960, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
M.A., 1952, University of Utah
B.A., 1951, University of Utah
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Southeast Asian Politics and Governments, particularly those of Thailand, Burma and the Phillipines.
Development Administration, with special research interests in administration of rural development programs in Southeast Asia.
International Relations of Southeast Asia, with special research interests in foreign policies and security concerns of selected Southeast Asian countries.
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Chair, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, from August 1979 to July 1982; Acting Chair of the Department, January 1, 1986-May 15, 1986
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1984-1986; also January-June, 1993.
Coordinator/Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1963 - 1971; Acting Director of the Center, December 29, 1978 - August 15, 1979
Professor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1966 to Present
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1963-1966
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, 1961-1963
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Indiana University, 1960-1961.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment with the Department of Government, Indiana University and Institute of Public Administration, Thammasat University (Bangkok), 1958-1960
Instructor, Department of Government, University of Connecticut, 1957-58
Research Fellow and Co-Head of Research Team on Local Government, Joint Appointment with University of Michigan and College of Public Administration, University of the Philippines (Manila), 1953-54
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Association of Asian Studies (Member)
Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (Member)
Council on Thai Studies (Member and formerly first Chairman)
International Studies Association (Member)
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
$47,000 from Advanced Projects Research Agency for a study of socio-economic development programs which affect political integration of Thai-Muslims, 1966-68.
$18,500 from the Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group for a study of land resettlements in Northeast Thailand, 1969-70.
$7,600 from the Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group for a study of the administrative capacity of Khon Kaen Municipality to cope with in-migration, 1971-72.
Co-Author of a research report which was awarded top prize in 1974 as best political science research in Thailand. (with Chakrit Noranitipadungkarn)
Fulbright grant for 1974-75 to teach and do research at Chiangmai University, Thailand.
Fulbright grant for August-November, 1978 to present keynote paper at international conference in Philippines on comparative public bureaucracy and to give lectures at several universities throughout the Philippines.
Crown of Thailand medal awarded in April, 1986 by the King of Thailand
for research and other academic as well as advisory contributions to
Thailand.
USIS University Affiliation (Northern Illinois University-Thammasat Univeristy) grant for two months in 1987 to do research in Thailand in the Eastern Seaboard Region.
USIS University Affiliation (Northern Illinois University-Prince of Songhkla University) grant for one month in 1990-91 to do research and give lectures in Southern Thailand.
Outstanding International Educator at NIU awarded by Northern Illinois University in September 2001.
PUBLICATIONS:
A. Books/Monographs (*Externally Peer-Refereed)
Co-Author (with Avelino Tendero), The Organization of The Manila Police Department, University of Philippines Press, 1953.
Co-Author, (with John H. Romani) A Survey of Local Government in the Philippines, University of the Philippines Press, 1954.
Co-Editor (with Chaveng Reangsuwan), Thai Government Organizational Manual, Vols. I-IV, 1959-61.
*Author, Southeast Asia, MacMillan Publishing Co., 1970.
Author, Political Violence in the Muslim Provinces of Southern Thailand, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore), 1975.
B. Articles in Professional Journals (*Externally Peer-Refereed)
*Author, "Personalized Politics, Filipino Style," India
Quarterly, November-December, 1954.
*Author, "Philippine Rural Development Program," Social Research, Summer 1955.
Author, "The Causes of Indonesian
Foreign Policy," South Atlantic Quarterly,
October, 1955.
*Author, "Philippine Police Systems," Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, June-July,1956.
*Co-Author (with several other scholars), "Selected Materials for a Comparative Study of Local Government," American Political Science Review, December, 1956.
*Co-Author, (with Ernest Stern) "An Asian-American Development Program," Western Political Quarterly, Summer, 1957.
*Author, "A Critical Appraisal of SEATO," Western Political Quarterly, December, 1957.
*Author, "Centralism in the Philippines," Social
Research, Summer, 1963; This article reprinted in Jose Abueva and Raul de Guzman, eds., Foundations and Dynamics of Filipino Government and Politics, Bookmark (Manila),1969.
*Author, "Thai Public Administration," New Zealand Journal of Public Administration, Fall, 1963.
*Author, "Historical Origins of Philippine Centralism," Journal of Southeast Asian History, Fall, 1963.
*Author, "Value Systems and Administrative Behavior in Southeast Asia: Roadblock to National Development," United Asia, July-August 1965.
Author, "Southeast Asia," in World Studies Yearbook, Tangley Oaks, Educational Center, 1966.
Author, "Vietnam," in World Studies Yearbook, Tangley Oaks, Educational Center, 1966.
*Co-Author (with Edward L. Block), "Patterns of Land Resettlement in Northeast Thailand," Philippine Journal of Public Administration, October 1972.
*Co-Author (with Chakrit Noranitipadungkarn), "Research Management as a Requisite for Irrigation Development in Northeast Thailand Stemming From the Pa Mong Dam," Thai Journal of Development Administration, November, 1972.
Co-Author (with Edward L. Block), "Resettling Reservoir Evacuees in Northeast Thailand," Solidarity, October, 1973.
Co-Author (with Chakrit Noranitipadungkarn), "Urbanization in Thailand: Khon Kaen, A Case Study," Asian Profile, June, 1974.
*Author, "Bureaucratic Attitudes and Behavior as Obstacles to Political Integration of Thai Muslims," Southeast Asia, Winter, 1974.
*Co-Author (with Chakrit Noranitipadungkarn), "Super Governor of Chiangmai: Imbalance Between Demands and Supports," Thai Journal of Development Administration, July 1975.
*Author, "The Malayan Communist Insurgency," a two-part article published in May-June and July-August, 1977issues of Asian Affairs.
Author, "Communist Party of Thailand," in Richard Staar, ed., 1980 Yearbook on International Communist Affairs Hoover Institution, 1980.
Author, "Communist Party of Thailand," in Richard Staar, ed., 1981 Yearbook on International Communist Affairs, Hoover Institution, 1981.
Author, "Communist Party of Thailand," in Richard Staar,ed., 1982 Yearbook on International CommunistAffairs, Hoover Institution, 1982.
*Author, "Cultural Factors Affecting the Rural Development Interface of Thai Bureaucrats and Thai MuslimVillagers," Contemporary Southeast Asia, June 1985.
*Author, "Common Problems of Public Bureaucracy in America and the Philippines," The Chinese Journal ofAdministration, August 1985.
Author, "Communist Party of Thailand," in Richard Starr,ed., 1986 Yearbook on International CommunistAffairs, Hoover Institution, 1986.
*Author, "Communist Insurgency in Thailand: Factors Contributing to its Decline," Asian Affairs, Spring 1986.
Co-Author (with Bidhya Bowornwathana), "The Deputy Governor and Rural Development in Thailand," Asian Profile, February 1987.
*Author, "Thai Muslim Separatism," in South East Asian Review, Vol. XIV, Nos. 1, 2 (January-December, 1988), a special issue on the Thai Muslims edited by Andrew D. W. Forbes.
*Author, "Social Changes and Problems Emanating from Industrialization in the ASEAN Region," Regional Development Dialogue, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring 1991
C. Chapters and Articles in Books/Monographs(*Externally Peer-Refereed)
Co-Author (with John H. Romani), "Local Government Administration," in E. Stene, ed., Public Administration in the Philippines, University of Philippines Press, 1956.
Author, "Southeast Asia," in New Perspectives in World History, National Council for the Social Studies, 1964.
*Author, "Political Socialization of Thai-Islam," in Studies on Asia, University of Nebraska Press, 1966.
Author, "Current U.S. Political Science Research on the Philippines," in Proceedings of the First National Colloquim on the Philippines: Research and Development in the Social Sciences, Institute of International and Area Studies, Western Michigan University, 1969.
Author, "Local Authority and Development in the Four Muslim Provinces of Southern Thailand," in F. Von der Mehden and D. Wilson, eds., Local Authority and Administration in Thailand, Academic Advisory Council for Thailand, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970.
Author, "The Perceived Impact of Communist Indochina on Thailand's Security," in Clark Neher, ed., Modern Thai Politics, revised edition, Shenkman Publishing Co., 1979.
*Author, "The Thai Muslims," in Raphael Israeli, ed., Crescent in the East, Curzon Press (London), 1982.
Author, "American Foreign Policy Toward Southeast Asia and Changing Perceptions of the National Interest," in Dalmas H. Nelson and Richard L. Sklar, eds., Toward a More Humanistic Science of Politics, University Press of America, 1983.
*Author, "Limited Disengagement of Military from Thai Politics," in Constantine P. Danopoulas, ed., Military Disengagement from Politics, Routledge (London), 1988.
*Author, "Political Integration of Muslims in Southernmost Thailand: Recent Developments and Their Impact," in Bernard Hung-Kay Luk, ed., Contacts Between Cultures in Eastern Asia: History and Social Sciences, vol. 4 (Lewiston N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992).
*Author, "Patani United Liberation Organization," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, Vol. 3, John L. Esposito, ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995).
Author, "Thailand," in William M. Carpenter and David Wiencek, eds., Asian Security Handbook: An Assessment of Political-Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharp, 1996).
D. Reviews:
Roy Jumper and Nguyen The Hue, Notes on The Political and Administrative History of Vietnam 1802-1962, reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies, May, 1963.
Roy Jumper and Nguyen The Hue, Bibliography on The Political and Administrative History of Vietnam 1802- 1962, reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies, May, 1963.
Fred R. von der Mehden, Politics of Developing Nations, reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies, November, 1964.
Public International Development Financing, reviewed in Journal of Asian Studies, May, 1965. Royama Masamiehi and Takeuchi Tatsuji, The Philippine Polity: A Japanese View, reviewed in Southeast Asia, Summer, 1971.
David M. Engel, Code and Custom in a Thai Provincial Court: The Interaction of Formal and Informal Systems of Justice, reviewed in the Journal of Oriental Studies, 1980.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
"System of Administration in Thailand," a paper presented at the New Jersey Seminar for Asian Studies at New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963.
"Thailand's Relations with Malaysia During the Past Decade," a paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Bloomington, Indiana, 1970.
"Recent Communal Strife in Malaysia: Implications for Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwest conference on Asian Affairs at Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1968.
"Political Socialization of the Thai-Islam," a paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Boulder, Colorado, 1965.
"Possible Administrative and Political Ramifications Within Thailand of Pa Mong Dam," a paper presented at the Mekong Seminar, Asia Society, New York City, in 1968.
"Current American Political Science Research on the Philippines," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Chicago, 1967.
"Research and Research Analysis on Thai Muslims: A Different Approach," a paper presented at semi-annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies at DeKalb, Illinois, 1974.
"Bureaucratic Attitudes and Behavior as Obstacles to Political Integration of Thai Muslims," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies at Chicago, 1973.
"The Communist Terrorists of Southern Thailand/Malaysia," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Minneapolis, Minnesota, October, 1976.
"Political Impact of a United Vietnam on Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at DeKalb, Illinois, October, 1977.
"Common Problems of Public Bureaucracy in America and the Philippines," a paper presented at the International Conference on Bureaucratic Theory and Practice at Los Banos, Philippines in October, 1978.
"Patterns of Guerrilla Warfare and Insurgency in Southeast Asia," a paper presented at Third Symposium on East Asia at the University of Oklahoma, February, 1981.
"Politics and Government in Thailand in Perspective," a paper presented at the Colloquia on Thailand at Oberlin College, Ohio, April, 1981.
"Muslim Separatism in South Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast in Santa Cruz, California, June, 1982.
"Current Thai Politics and Security Considerations," a paper presented at a conference on Southeast Asian politics and security considerations in Fort Worth, Texas, July, 1983.
"Development Role of the Deputy Governor in Thailand," a paper presented at the semi-annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies at DeKalb, Illinois, October, 1983.
"Cultural Factors Effecting the Rural Development Interface of Thai Bureaucrats and Thai Muslim Villagers," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies at Toronto, Canada, November, 1983.
"Communist Insurgency in Thailand: Factors Contributing To Its Decline," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of the Association of Asian Studies at Sante Fe, New Mexico, November, 1984.
"Role of the Administrative Center in Muslim Provinces of Southern Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies at Quebec, Canada, November 1985.
"Strategies for Political Integration and Socio-economic Development: Muslims in South Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies at San Francisco, California, March, 1988.
"Social Changes and Problems Emanating From Industrialization in ASEAN Countries," a paper presented at the International Seminar on Industrialization and Development: Focus on ASEAN (held under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Centre for Development) at Bangkok, Thailand, August, 1989.
"Demise of the CPM Guerrillas in Southern Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, October, 1989.
"Muslim Separatists in Southern Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies at Georgetown University, October, 1989.
"Political Role of the Thai Military Since 1979," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Michigan State University, October, 1989.
"Sources of Agricultural Information Obtained by Village Farmers in Chonburi," a paper presented at the Joint Conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies and the Northwest Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada, November, 1989.
"Political Integration of Malay Muslims in Southermost Thailand", a paper presented at the 33rd International Congress of Asian and North African Studies held in Toronto, Canada during August 19-25, 1990.
"The February 1991 Military Coup d'Etat in Thailand: Explanatory Variables," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October, 1991.
"Political Change in Contemporary Thailand: The May 1992 Violence and its Political Consequences," a paper presented as part of a one-day symposium on "Economic and Political Development in Thailand," held at the Asia Society, New York City, June 17, 1992
"The Future of Coup d'Etats in Thailand," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies at Northern Illinois Univeristy, October 1993.
"Bureaucratic Role in Public Policy Making: Impact of Democratization in Developing Countries," a paper presented at the XVIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association held from August 20-25, 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
"The Thai Bureaucracy in the Next century," a paper presented at a conference on Thailand in the Next Century, held at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand on November 11, 1994.
"The Spratlys Dispute and Threat Perceptions of ASEAN Countries: Implications for Claimants and Non-Claimants," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Internaitonal Studies Association in San Diego in April, 1996.
"Recent and Projected Acquisitions of Modern Weapons Systems by Thailand," a paper presented at the International Studies Association-Midewst Region meeting held in St. Louis, October 18-26, 1996.
"Malay Muslim Separatism in Southern Thailand: Decline But Not Demise," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs held at Northern Illinois University, September 28, 1997.
"The Philippines= Perceptions of China=s Strategy in the Spratlys and the Philippines Response," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Security Section (ISS) of the International Studies Association held in Washington, DC in October 1999.
AFormal and Informal Modes of Governance in Malay Muslim Villages/Communes of Southernmost Thailand in the 1960s,@ a paper presented at the Conference on Southern Thailand held in Pattani, Thailand from June 13-15, 2002 and jointly sponsored by Harvard University and Prince of Songhkla University.
CURRENT RESEARCH UNDERWAY:
Manuscript on Malay Muslim Separatism in Southern Thailand was updated in 2002, is now completed and will be typed and submitted in Summer 2003 for possible publication in a scholarly journal.
Research on S.E. Asian Perceptions and Responses to Chinese Claims and Actions in Spratlys' Dispute was updatd in 2002, and a manuscript is now being written.
Manuscript which deals with the Philippines= perceptions of China=s strategy in the Spratlys has been updated and partially revised and will be typed and submitted in Fall 2003 for possible publication in a scholarly journal.
PUBLIC LECTURES (Selected Examples):
"Social and Economic Development in Southern Thailand," a lecture given at the University of Singapore, 1975.
"Thai-U.S. Relations," a lecture given at the Asia Society, New York City, 1968.
"The Politics of Southeast Asia," a series of two lectures given at the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations, Chicago, 1964.
"Socio-Economic Change and Political Stability in Thailand," lecture given at the University of Kentucky, 1968.
"Thailand in World Affairs," a lecture given at Dayton Council on World Affairs, 1965.
"The Administrative System in Thailand," "Role of the Military in Thailand's Politics and Administration," and "Integration and Development within the Thai Muslim Area," three separate lectures given at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C. in mid and late 1960's.
"Problems of Violence in Southern Thailand," a lecture at Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore in 1975.
"Instability in the Thai Muslim Area," a lecture given at the University of Sciences, Penang, Malaysia, 1975.
"Thailand's Foreign Policy: An Overview," a lecture given at the National War College, Washington, D.C., March 1976.
"U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Asia," a public lecture given at Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1977.
"Problems of Administration in Developing Countries," a public lecture given at Silliman University, Dumaguette,Philippines, 1978.
"American Foreign Policy and Southeast Asia," a lecture at the Philippines Military Acadamy, Baguio, Philippines, 1978.
"Administrative Implications of Haatyai as a Secondary City and Growth Pole Area," a lecture given at Prince of Songkhla University, Haatyai, Thailand, 1982.
"Counterinsurgency Models," a lecture given at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand, 1982.
"Models of Communist Insurgency: Rural and Urban," a lecture given at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok, Thailand, 1983.
"Urbanization in Secondary Cities of Thailand," a lecture given at the College of Public Administration, University of the Philippines, Manila, the Philippines, 1983.
"Environmental and Socio-Economic Problems Due to Rapid Environmental Growth in Capital Cities of Some Southeast Asian Countries," a lecture given at the Pattani campus of Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand, January 1991.
"The New Law of the Sea and its Implications for the Thai Fishing Industry," and "Current Status of Malay Muslim Separatism in the Southern Provinces of Thailand," two public lectures at the Pattani campus of Prince of Songkla campus, Pattani, Thailand, March 1998.
"Administrative Reform," a lecture given at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, March 1998.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Selected Sample):
Advisor to the Social Science Division, National Research Council of Thailand, 1966-67.
Member of Mekong Committee, Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group, late 1960's and early 1970's.
Consultant for American Institutes for Research, 1970-71.
Chairman, Council on Thai Studies, 1970-72.
Member of Board of Editors, Southeast Asia: An International Quarterly, 1973-1975.
Reviewer of grant proposals (for research on Asia) to National Endowment for Humanities, 1979-84.
Consultant and Member of World Bank Mission to Thailand, 1979.
External Assessor for promotion and tenure decisions, Division of Public Administration/Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, 1981 and 1982.
Consultant on Political Risk Analysis for ESSO Eastern, Inc., 1981
Invited Witness (on Thailand) at Hearings of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1983.
External Member of two Ph.D. Dissertation Committees--one in the Department of Sociology, University of Chicago (dissertation completed in 1974) and one in the Department of Political Science, University of Texas at Austin (dissertation completed in 1984).
External Examiner of Ph.D. dissertation in Department of Anthropology, Australian National University (revised dissertation completed in 1990).
Member of panel (it met in Washington D.C.) Of academics to review proposals (finalists) of universities for institutional grants from the National Security Education Program, and to determine which universities would receive grants, 1995.
Director of twelve completed Ph.D. Dissertations in the Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University (the most recent completion in May 2002).
Invited by Centra Technology) participant on Thailand Panel at conference involving game playing as regards a hypothetical crisis in Asia - held in Washington, D.C., May 2003.