Research
My academic research explores the intersections of culture and environment in Myanmar.

I am currently researching topics in:
  • Contemporary Buddhism and the environment in Myanmar
  • Environmental education and governance in Myanmar
  • Development and environmental politics in Myanmar 

Academic Publications

Spirits and Serpents; Capitalist and Buddhist Prosperity in the Snake Temples (Mway Paya) of Myanmar. in "Indigenous Future(s) and Learning(s) Taking Placewww.routledge.com/Indigenous-Futures-and-Learnings-Taking-Place/Lopez-Coello/p/book/9780367894603." Oxford: Routledge, 2020. (In Press).
Environmental Learning in Myanmar; Governance, Resistance, Literacy. Parami Journal of Education, 2020. 
Edwards, K. A., Randall, E. A., Tu-Maung, N., Sannino, D. R., Feder, S., Angert, E. R., & Kraft, C. E. (2019). Periplasmic binding protein-based magnetic isolation and detection of thiamine in complex biological matrices. Talanta, 120168.

​Edwards, K. A., Tu‐Maung, N., Cheng, K., Wang, B., Baeumner, A. J., & Kraft, C. E. (2017). Thiamine Assays—Advances, Challenges, and Caveats. ChemistryOpen.

Popular Publications

Wavering at the Turning Point; Myanmar's response to COVID19 in March 2020
in Oxford TeaCircle. April 2020
Myanmar's Earth Champions Raise Awareness About Climate Change
in Frontier Myanmar. November 2019
Conserving Wildlife, Preserving Traditions
in Frontier Myanmar. August 2019.​
Problems of Place: In the Language of Plants
in Environmental History Now. July 2019.
Making Kin with Serpents in Myanmar's Snake Temples
in Edge Effects Magazine. June 2019.
Nagas and Nats: Inside the Snake Temples of Myanmar
in Frontier Myanmar. January 2019.

Features

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