She earned her undergraduate degree in Asian Studies at Whitman College (Washington, USA) and completed her graduate work in economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder (USA). Her research interests are in the economic history of Thailand and contemporary labor issues in Thailand. Dr. Jessica has recently published A Brief Economic History of Land Rights in Thailand: From the Sukhothai Period to the End of King Chulalongkorn’s Reign with Dr. Thanyaporn Chankrajang, also from the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University.