Education

• Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• M.A. in International Politics, Peking University

• B.A. in Thai Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Work Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of International Relations/Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University

Publications

• Ai, P. (2026). To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds: Unpacking Thailand’s post-Second World War anti-communist and anti-Chinese politics. Modern Asian Studies. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X26101838

• Ai, P. (2023). An open letter from the Siamese Communist Party to the masses on the rule of the People’s Party (with an introduction: The public propaganda strategy of the Siamese Communist Party). Justice in Translation, Justice in Southeast Asia Lab. https://seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1794/2024/01/JiT-An-Open-Letter-Peng-Ai.pdf

• Bu, Y., Murray, D. S., Xu, J., Ding, Y., Ai, P., Shen, J., and Yang, F. (2018). Analyzing scientific collaboration with “giants” based on the milestones of career. In L. Freund (ed.), Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501005

Awards and Honors

• Center Field Research Grant, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• IRIS Graduate Fieldwork Award, Institute for International and Regional Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Student Research Grant, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Center Fellowship, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Graduate Student Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison.