Mon Mon Myat

Mon Mon Myat is a Myanmar-born academic, journalist, and media consultant. She holds a Ph.D. in Peacebuilding from Payap University in Thailand, where her doctoral research examined The Philosophical Foundations of Aung San Suu Kyi's Political Thought. She also holds a Master’s in Journalism from Ateneo de Manila University and an MBA from Payap University. Her academic work explores the intersection of media, politics, and human rights in contemporary Myanmar, with peer-reviewed publications in Palgrave Communications, Social Transformations, and Springer Nature. She currently serves on the faculty at Payap University. Mon Mon Myat has held key leadership roles in media organizations, notably as Bureau Chief and Senior Management Consultant for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), where she oversaw strategic planning and sustainability initiatives. As a journalist, her bylines have appeared in The Bangkok Post, Agence France-Presse (AFP), The Irrawaddy, and other leading regional outlets. In 2013, she collaborated with Pansodan Books to publish Heartless Forest, an anthology that gives voice to twenty-first-century Burmese women writers as they explore identity, gender, and the human condition. She is also the producer and filmmaker of A Long Way Panlong, a documentary chronicling Aung San Suu Kyi’s political journey from 2012 to 2016—a period of transition and tumult in Myanmar’s modern history.