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JLS Editorial Board

MAIN EDITORS

Justin T. McDaniel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA

Vatthana Pholsena, Ph.D.
Research Fellow | French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)-Institut d’Asie Orientale, Lyon, France

EDITORIAL BOARD

Soulinhakhath (Steve) Arounsack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | California State University, Stanislaus, USA

Ian G. Baird, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Carol J. Compton, Ph.D.
Independent Scholar, USA

Nick J. Enfield, Ph.D.

Staff member | Language and Cognition Group, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands

Gregory Green, MA
Curator | Cornell University, USA

Gary Lee, Ph.D.
Coordinator | Bilingual Welfare Service Team, Cabramatta Community Centre, Australia

Mark Pfiefer, Ph.D.
Reference and Instruction Librarian | Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, USA

Boike Rehbein, Ph.D.
Chair for the Sociology of Asia and Africa | Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy, Ph.D.
Administration, Planning, and Social Policy | Harvard University, USA

CLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ian G. Baird, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin

Gregory Green, MA (Board Chair)
Curator | Cornell University, New York

Jonathan H. X. Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

Bounlieng Phommasouvanh, Ph.D.
LEP Education Specialist and ESEA Area Director |  Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota

Saengmany Ratsabout, MA (Board Secretary)
Independent Scholar | Minnesota

Prany Sananikone, MA  (Board Vice-Chair)
Director of Diversity Relations and Educational Programs | University of California, Irvine, California

Phoumy Sayavong, Ph.D. (Treasurer)
Senior Researcher | Oakland Unified School District, California

Vinya Sysamouth, Ph.D.
CLS Executive Director | California

CLS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Larry Ashmun, MA
Librarian | University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

DouangDeuane Bounyavong, MS
National Consultant | Ministry of Education. Laos

Somsonge Burusphat, Ph.D.
Professor | Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, Thailand

Jackie Butler-Diaz, MA
Independent Scholar | Arizona, USA

Carol J. Compton, Ph.D.
Independent Scholar | Wisconsin, USA

Grant Evans, Ph.D.
Professor in Anthropology | Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Anne Frank, MA
Southeast Asian Archive Librarian (retired), University of California, Irvine Libraries, USA

John Hartmann, Ph.D.
Professor | Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Northern Illinois University, USA

Varisa Kamalanavin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Thammasat University, Thailand

Dara Viravong Kanlaya
Permanent Advisor | Preservation of Lao Palm Leaf Manuscript Program
National Library, Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos

Pida Kongphouthone, BA
Owner/Broker | California Capital & Investments Group,USA

Vatthana Pholsena, Ph.D.
Research Fellow | French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)-Institut d’Asie Orientale, Lyon, France

Boike Rehbein, Ph.D.
Chair for the Sociology of Asia and Africa | Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

William Sage, MA
Consultant | International Humanitarian Assistance, USA

Martin Stuart-Fox, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus | School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland, Australia

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Vinya Sysamouth, Ph.D.
San Francisco, CA

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