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Posted on March 9, 2025 1 Comment
March 9, 2025 When the wheels touched down in Baton Rouge on the evening of February 22nd, it marked my return from my second trip to DC in 2025. I had also been to Southeast Asia twice since the year began. While travel can bequeath “new eyes,” as Marcel Proust famously wrote, it can also […]
Fruitful Work in Thailand, Winter 2023-2024
Posted on February 13, 2024 1 Comment
13 February 2024 This winter, I had the privilege to travel to Thailand with family for an assortment of professional and personal activities that were wonderfully fruitful — literally and figuratively. While our time was action-packed, I want to highlight my experience leading my study abroad program and my time guest lecturing at Chulalongkorn University. […]
Is it spring yet? Updates on a full winter.
Posted on March 9, 2023 Leave a Comment
March 9, 2023 In my mind’s eye, winter is supposed to be the calm part of the year where I stay indoors and store up energy for a busy spring. Not this year. The year 2022 turned into the year 2023 while we were in Pittsburgh visiting family. I flew there with the kids while […]
The Importance of Early Experiences in Scholarship
Posted on February 6, 2022 Leave a Comment
6 February 2022 Out for a run in my Baton Rouge neighborhood, I listen to a podcast by author and journalist Sebastian Strangio about his updated book on Hun Sen and Cambodia published by Yale University Press. I don’t typically listen to podcasts while running, but the lack of trails within running distance from my […]
Happy Songkran at the Thai Embassy
Posted on April 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Thanks to my beloved friend, Tina Neville, I had the chance to attend a Songkran celebration at the Thai Embassy last week here in Washington, D.C. I was thankful to meet the new Ambassador of Thailand to the United States, Pisan Manawapat, who took over for Vijavat Isarabhakdi in February. We talked on two occasions […]
Conference: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Posted on April 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
In March, we had a fantastic CIES conference here in Washington, D. C. CIES is the Comparative and International Education Society, which is essentially the largest international education conference in the country. It was so convenient being here in DC and I was more than glad to welcome three friends to stay with me for […]
Book Chapter: Higher Education in Thailand
Posted on January 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
As many of you know, I have been working tirelessly for the last few months on a book chapter for a book on education in Thailand published by Springer. The chapter is on Higher Education in Thailand and focuses on trends of privatization and massification. It was a labor of love and took many hours. […]
Oliver S. Crocco 