Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2024. "Balancing policy objectives: Cambodia's COVID-19 emergency cash assistance scheme for workers." Politics & Policy, 52(5), 918-934. (w/ Michele Ford)
2023. "Tourism Workers' Resilience in Siem Reap during COVID-19." Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 4(2), 100114. (w/ Michele Ford)
2023. "The Union Difference: Experiences of Five-Star Hotel Workers in Cambodia during COVID-19." Journal of Industrial Relations, 65(5), 616-639. (w/ Michele Ford)
2023. "Issues Concerning Ageing Population in Kampot and Takeo Provinces, and the Implications of the Cambodia National Ageing Policy 2017-2030. Research on Ageing and Social Policy, 11(1), 1- 28.
Other(s):
2024. What Motivates Betel Quid Chewers to Quit? An Analysis of Several Cessation-Relevant Variables. Substance Use & Misuse, https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2320388 (w/ Ki’ilaweau Aweau, Silvera Erari, Kelle Murphy, Pallav Pokhrel & Thaddeus A. Herzog)
Book Reviews
2024. Review of the book The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Power, Politics, and Resistance in Transitional Justice by Julie Bernath (2023). Southeast Asian Studies, 13(3), 589-593. DOI: 10.20495/seas.13.3_589
2024. Review of the book Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative ed. by Victor Chan et al (2024). Chinese Studies International, 28(1), 1-5. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cri.2024.a943484
2023. Review of the book A Tiger Rules the Mountain: Cambodia's Pursuit of Democracy by G. Conochie (2023). Asian Studies Review, DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2023.2276973
2023. Review of the book Strategies of Authoritarian Survival and Dissensus in Southeast Asia: Weak Men Versus Strongmen by S. Young (2021). Asian Politics & Policy, 15(2), 331-335. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12687
Book Chapter
[Forthcoming]. "Chapter 19. Cambodia: Between Democracy and Autocratization." In Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia Edited by Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya, Routledge. (w/ Sokphea Young)
Dissertation
2021. The Politics of Age: An Examination of the Cambodia National Ageing Policy 2017-2030 (Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa).
Working Paper
2021. How was the Cambodian Cash Relief Program Assist Poor Women Affected by COVID-19 Economic Crisis? Kyoto Working Papers on Areas Studies. No. 135. (w/ Chanmono Oum)
Report(s)
2023. Resilience: Economic, Social and Psychological Coping Strategies Among Hotel and Guesthouse Workers in Siem Reap During COVID-19 [Policy Report]. The Asia Foundation and The Center for Khmer Studies. (w/ Michele Ford).
2023. Hospitality Worker's Resilience during COVID-19: Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Sector in Siem Reap [Policy Brief]. (w/ Michele Ford)
2022. Cambodian American Older Adults. In: Periyakoil VJ, Ohuabunwa U, eds. Geriatrics Cultural Navigator. American Geriatrics Society: (w/ Sothy Eng & Babara Yee)
Op-Ed
2020. Foreign Students and Scholars Confused by Visa Disruptions. Honolulu Civil Beat, July 17. [non-refereed]
Work-in-Progress
Monograph
My first book project entitled Empowering the State: Unveiling Cambodia's Welfare Policy Impact on Governance examines authoritarian resilience in Cambodia by investigating how the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) co-opt its political platform and circumvent welfare programs to claim performance-based legitimacy.
A snapshot of the book project: https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/politics-social-welfare-cambodia-conversation-dr-soksamphoas-im
Revise and Resubmit
"Band-Aid Policy: An Assessment of Cambodia's Cash Transfer Program, Poverty, and Debt Among Rural Households"
Under Review(s)
“Cambodia between Democratization and Autocratization” [Book Chapter for Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia, with Sokphea Young]
Manuscript(s) in Preparation
“Caring for the People or Caring for the Party: Doctor and Lawyer Associations as Political Machines"
“The Predicament of Safety Nets in Times of Debt: Evidence from Cambodia and Sri Lanka” (with Amali Wedagedara)
"Dynastic Politics in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines"
