Stephanie Gunaratne

Lecturer

Department of Psychology

Profile

Stephanie has been working at ICBT since 2021 lecturing in the field of psychology. After completing her MSc degree in Social and Applied Psychology, she worked in the higher education, research, and technology sectors and was employed for about three years before joining ICBT.

Stephanie is currently an internal lecturer and has taught a number of undergraduate modules at ICBT in various programs. She is currently teaching introduction to psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, project proposal, and language and social psychology. Stephanie is also a member of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology. Within ICBT, Stephanie is a member of the psychology research and program development committee. Stephanie’s research interests are in the field of cultural psychology, social anthropology, and women’s studies.

Publications

Full text articles

~ Ceylan-Batur, S., Sakallı, N., & Gunaratne, S. (2021). Predictors of tolerating violence against women: honor concerns and fundamentalist religious orientation. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02276-4

~ Gunaratne, S. S., & Abeysiriwardana, D. T. (2023). The Role of Honour in Tolerance to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 3(2), 55-62.

https://doi.org/10.4038/sljssh.v3i2.100

Book Chapters

~Ceylan-Batur, S., Gunaratne, S., & Akbaş, G. (2023). Intimate partner violence and honor killings. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, 1–19.

https://doi.org/10.4038/sljssh.v3i2.100

Conference Papers

~Gunaratne, S. S. (2023). The Moderating Role of Honour in Responses to Social Exclusion. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Research Symposium (pp. 471-478). ISSN 2961-502X

Other research activities

~ Stephanie has consulted in an inter-generational study on honour, shame, and child protection conducted in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Uganda, and South Africa. The project explores how children are socialised in gendered norms of shame and honour, and how they shape people’s sense of self, and impact their wellbeing throughout the life course (project ongoing).

~ She also liaises with Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK) in managing the ethics approval process for psychology final year students at ICBT and acts as a research ethics advisor in the department. Similarly, she supervises a number of BSc projects.

Contact

Email: stephanieg@icbtcampus.edu.lk