• 1993: Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.; Dissertation Title: "The Sword of the Spirit: Christians, Karens, Colonialists, and the Creation of a Nation of Burma"; Stephen A. Tyler, Chair
• 1990: M.A., Cultural Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
• 1986: B.A., Language Studies and Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz;
• 1977: Defense Language Institute/Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, Ca.; Intensive Vietnamese Language Training, Ten-Month Course

Professional Experience:

• 1998-99: Lannacom; Consultant, Website Manager, Agent, and Designer: www.track-of-the-tiger.com, www.lisulodge.com, www.lanna.com, www.east-west.com (in progress, offline)
• 1998-99: Project Coordinator, Consultant, and Contributor; "Guidelines for Interaction between Northern Thailand's Mountain Peoples and the Tourism Industry"; Pacific-Asia Travel Association
• 1995-present: Freelance Correspondent, Internet consultant, Writer, and Editor; Crescent Press Agency, Artasia Press, Miller Freeman, Travel Trade Report, Travel trade Gazette, etc.; Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• 1996-97: Senior Editor, The Brooker Group; Assigned to the Board of Investment of Thailand; Writer and Internet Consultant / Webmaster
• 1995-96: Thai Business Administration & Commercial School, Bangkok, Thailand; Director: Special Projects: Language, Technology and Culture; English Language and Internet Programs
• 1994: Bolder Adventures, Inc.; Director, Southeast Asia Operations (Chiang Mai, Thailand), for Home Office in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
• 1993: Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Field Interviewer, Greater Boston Social Survey; Ford and Russell Sage Foundations
• 1990-92: Fulbright Researcher, Thailand and Burma; Conducted Ethnographic Fieldwork; Additional Travel: Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India, China, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia
• 1992: Consultant, Law & Society Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Commissioned to Organize a Constitutional Conference for Burma’s Democratic Opposition Organizations
• 1989: Instructor, Rice University; Social Sciences Foundation Course
• 1989: Instructor, University of Houston; Anthropology of Religion
• 1988: Instructor, Houston Community College; English Composition
• 1986, 1988: Commercial Fishing, Alaska; Seasonal
• 1976-80: Vietnamese Linguist/Voice Processing Specialist, U.S. Air Force Security Service; Assignments: National Security Agency, Fort Mead, Md. (1979-80); Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines (1978-79)

Honors:

• 1992: Visiting Scholar/Graduate Intern, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy,Sri Lanka
• 1990-91: Fulbright Dissertation Research Grant, Chiang Mai University, Department of   Sociology and Anthropology, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Project Title: "Writing Orality: The Consequences of Literacy Among the Karen of Northern Thailand"
• 1987-90: Graduate Fellowships, Rice University, Houston, Texas
• 1986: B.A. Thesis Honors, "Baudelaire's Poe and Meta-Translation"; Fredric Jameson, Chair
• 1979: U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal: Vietnam/Cambodia, Vietnam/China Conflicts

Academic Publications:

• 1998: People of the Shadowlands: The Karen of Burma and Thailand; Forthcoming, Teakhouse Books, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• 1993 "The Construction of Karen Nationalism: American Baptists in Burma"; Ethnic Studies Report, Vol. XI, No. 1, January 1993; International Centre for Ethnic Studies: Kandy, Sri Lanka
• 1993: Book Review: Discourses of Ethnicity: Culture and Protest in Jharkhand; Susana B.C. Devalle; 1992; Sage Press: Delhi, London; in Ethnic Studies Report, Vol. 11, No. 2, July 1993; I.C.E.S.: Kandy, Sri Lanka
• 1992: Book Review: The Burmese Way: To Where?; Makhdoom Ali Khan; International Commission of Jurists; Geneva; 1991; in Fortnightly Review; December 1992; Law & Society Trust: Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 1991: "At the 175th Judson Jubilee, Rangoon, Burma"; Thai-Yunnan Project Newsletter, No. 12, March 1991; Australia National University

Other articles and references provided upon request.

Dr. Petry conducts our Exploring the Golden Triangle with A Cultural Anthropologist tour.