Prof. Dr. Tony Waters
Vita
Education
Ph.D. (Sociology 1995) University of California, Davis.
Dissertation: Crimes of Passage: The Socialization of Immigrant Youth (Published as book: Crime and Immigrant Youth, 1999)
M.A (Sociology) University of California, Davis, 1990.
M.S. (Biological Sciences) California Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, 1986.
B.S. (International Agricultural Development) University of California, Davis, 1978.
Permanent Academic Appointments
2022-2025: Visiting Scientist, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany. Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization.
2016-2022: Lecturer to Professor of Sociology, PhD program in Peace Studies, Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand. (Academic Rank announced in Royal Gazette of Thailand, February 2021).
1998-2021: Assistant to Full Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico. Emeritus status, August 2021.
Languages
English: Native
Thai: Working Professional Knowledge
Swahili: Working Professional Knowledge
German: Working Professional Knowledge
Mandarin: Beginner--four semesters study in 2011-2015
University Administrative Experience
2002-2006: Chair, Department of Sociology, California State University, Chico.
2017-2022: Director, Institute for Religion, Culture, and Peace, Payap University, Thailand
2020-2021: Chair, Department of Sociology, California State University, Chico
Honors
2021: Professor of Sociology as announced by the Office of the Prime Minister. Published in the Thai Royal Gazette, and acknowledged by King Rama X.
2011: Outstanding Professor, CSU Chico Academic Senate
2011-2012: President, California Sociological Association
2010: Outstanding Faculty Award, Asian Graduation Celebration Committee, CSU Chico
2008: Keynote Address, “The Invention of Murder” College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Colloquium
Work History Outside Regular Appointments
2018-now: Guest Columnist, Irrawaddy Magazine (Yangon)
2012-2013: Guest Professor W-3, Leuphana University, Germany (single classes in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022).
2008-2010: Research Professor, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Vocational Education in Prisons project
2007-2008: Guest Professor, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2003-2004: Fulbright Scholar (Teaching/Research) assigned to the Department of Sociology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
1997-1998: Post-graduate Researcher, University of California, Davis, Positive Parenting for Parolees Project
1996-1998: Lecturer, California State University, Chico, Department of Sociology.
1994-1996: Program Officer, Lutheran World Federation, Rwanda Refugee Relief Program, Tanzania. Manager of programs to assist refugees fleeing the war and genocide in Rwanda in 1994. More information can be found in my book Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan.
1989-1994: Various Teaching and Research Positions, University of California, Davis, including for Professor Gary Hamilton (Chinese Business Networks in Thailand).
1984-1987: Special Projects Officer, Lutheran World Federation, for programs of Burundian refugee relief and development, Tanzania.
1983-1984: Project Manager, Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp, Chonburi, Thailand. Employed by International Rescue Committee, seconded to Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees.
1982: Sanitarian, Ban Nam Yao Refugee Camp, Nan, Thailand. Employed by the International Rescue Committee
1980-1983: Peace Corps Volunteer Malaria Zone Office, Phrae, Thailand.
Publications
Books and anthologies
- General Ne Win’s Legacy of Burmanization in Myanmar: The Challenge to Peace in the Twenty-First Century
Saw Eh Htoo (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 2024 Singapur , 225 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research
- The Man from Bangkok: San Francisco's Culture in teh 60s
Tony Waters (Editor) , Rong Wongsavun (Author) , 2022 Thailand , 262 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research
- Moving Around Myanmar: Migration in, from, and back to Burma
Tony Waters (Editor) , Ashley South (Editor) , Chayan Vaddhanaphuti (Editor) , Luke Corbin (Editor) , 2021 Chiangmai, Thailand , 270 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
- Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline
Tony Waters (Author) , 2018 , 124 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States:: A Critical Perspective on Evidence-Based Reform
Tony Waters (Author) , Andrew J. Dick (Author) , William Rich (Author) , 2016 , 334 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
Journal contributions
- Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy:: A Weberian analysis
Daniel McFarlane (Author) , Yannik Mieruch (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 01.04.2026 , in: New Media and Society, 28, 4 , p. 1710-1729 , 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- THE “CONSULTING DETECTIVE" NITHAN THONG-IN BY KING VAJIRAVUDH
Tony Waters (Author) , 20.06.2024 , in: Journal of the Siam Society, 112, 1 , p. 191-196 , 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Schooling, Identity, and Nationhood: Karen Mother-Tongue-Based Education in the Thai–Burmese Border Region
Hayso Thako (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 09.03.2023 , in: Social Sciences, 12, 3 , 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Thai Menschenbild: A Study of Chinese, Thai, and International Students in a Private Thai University as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Tony Waters (Author) , Michael James Day (Author) , 01.12.2022 , in: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9, 1 , 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Thailand's Sex Entertainment: Alienated Labor and the Construction of Intimacy
Petra Lemberger (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 16.11.2022 , in: Social Sciences, 11, 11 , 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Tony Waters (Author) , 01.01.2025 Singapore , p. 287-303 , 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research
- Ne Win’s Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today’s Myanmar
Saw Eh Htoo (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 01.01.2025 Singapore , p. 329-350 , 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Chinese capitalism in Thailand: Embedded networks and industrial structure
Gary G. Hamilton (Author) , Tony Waters (Author) , 01.01.1995 New York , p. 87-111 , 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Courses
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Students will a write collaborative novella about the alternative history of the German/European re-unification. Please note there are 3 double hours which mandatory attendance is required. The collaborative story and the writing assignments will be set up and started in these sessions. The schedule is in the material section.