Teaching: (Invited Lectures)

• LCLG 503 Field Methods in Linguistics
• LCCU 508 Seminar on Current Cultural Issues in Thai Society.
• LCLG 542 Literacy Principles for Minority Groups

Research Projects

• Thailand Malayu: A Study of Language Situation, Language Development, and Language Planning for Quality Education and Mass Media in Thailand's Deep South
• Ethno-linguistic Maps in Thailand
• Teaching Thai for Kindergarten Children in Southern Border Province of Thailand
• Maintenance and Revitalization Endangered Languages and Cultures of Thailand

Publications

• Suwilai Premsrirat, David Thomas, Trinh Dieu Thin and Mayuree Thawornpat (2002) Dictionary of Khmu in Vietnam (Mon-Khmer Studies, Special Publication, No. 1, Volume 4)
  Suwilai Premsrirat, David Thomas, Mayuree Thawornpat and Prapasri Dumsa-ard (2002). Dictionary of Khmu in Thailand (Mon-Khmer Studies, Special Publication, No. 1, Volume 5)
• Thawornpat, M. 2007. "Gong phonological characteristics.” Mon- Khmer studies: a journal of Southeast Asian languages and cultures 37.
• Thawornpat, M. 1996. “Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Thailand: Gong (Ugong). (in Thai)
• Thawornpat, M. Forthco. “Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Thailand: Lao Khrang. (in Thai)
• Thawornpat, M. Forthcoming. “Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Thailand: Mpi. (in Thai)
• Thawornpat, M. Forthcoming. “Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Thailand: Bisu. (in Thai)

Conference Presentations

• “Culture-based curriculum development for language revitalization of endangered ethnolinguistic communities in Thailand: The case of Lavua at Ban Papae, Masariang district, Mahongson province.” Paper presented on the International Conference on Thai Studies. 26-28 July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Thai-Based Orthography as a Bridge to Written Mon” Paper presented on the Fourth International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics. 29-30 October 2009, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
• “Orthographies for “endangered languages” in Thailand: A case study of Lavua at Pa Pae Village, Mae Hong Son Province” Paper presented on Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities. 1-3 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Revitalizing endangered languages and cultures in Thailand”. Paper presented on The International Symposium on Intercultural Understanding Changing the Landscape & Building Bridges for Peace. 28-30 Noverber 2007, Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Orthography reform: a case study of Lavua at Pa Pae Village, Mae Sariang District, Mae Hong Son Province.” Paper presented on The Mon-Khmer Workshop. 16-18 April 2007, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
• “Belief in Spirits, Buddhism and Brahmanism: Factors of change in the Gong Community, Suphanburi, Thailand”. Paper presented on the 2nd SSEASR Conference of South and South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion on Syncretism in South and Southeast Asia: Adoption and Adaptation. 24-27 May 2007, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
• “Some effects of participatory orthography development: The case of the Gong of Thailand.” Paper presented at the Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Asia, 6-8 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand.

Graduate Students Supervised

• Panang Panchuaj, MA Program in Culture and Development “Music in the Ways of Life of Urak-Lawoi People : An Ethnomusicological Study at Sanga-U village, Ko-Lanta-Yai Sub-district, Ko-Lanta District, Krabi Province”
• Suthatcha Sukman, MA Program in Linguistics. “A Study of Phonological variation of Mon Spoken in Ban Muang, Nakhon Chum, Khung Phayom Sub-districts, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Province. April 2011-present.
• Pawittri Angkuldi, MA Program in Culture and Development. Development and Change of Tai Lue’s Tung, Cast Study Baan Pad, Phayao Province. June 2011-present.

Administrative Duties

• Program Developing Committee, PhD Program in Multicultural Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University 2009-2011
• Secretariat Chair, the Resource Center of Documentation Maint enance and Revitalization of Endangered Languages and Cultures in Thailand
• Editorial board of Mon-Khmer Studies