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Dr. Naren Selvaratnam
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | School of Psychology
Career Summary
Naren is an accomplished academic and researcher with over 8 years of teaching experience and expertise in psychology, education, and management. Notably, Naren has played varied roles in successfully managing, developing, and/or delivering franchised psychology and management programs of prestigious European institutions including Coventry University, Northampton University, Liverpool John Moores University, Vern Polytechnic, and London Metropolitan University.
As a PhD-trained researcher, Naren has a notable record of research publications that dive deep into macro-social aspects of Sri Lankan politics and governance. He also has pioneered research on psychometrics and possesses expertise in various statistical tools including SPSS, Jamovi, and R. He is a distinguished academic and researcher with a solid educational foundation from the United States and Malaysia where he earned four degrees including a Ph.D.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BA Psychology (Minor: Sociology) - Winona State University, MN, USA - 2013
MSc in Applied Psychology - Coventry University, UK - 2016
MS Educational Leadership (K-12) - Winona State University, MN, USA - 2018
PhD Management - Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Malaysia - 2024
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Crosscultural Outreach Scholarship - Awarded from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System for BA Psychology - 2011
Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Sciences International Partner Award for Supporting Student Achievement Presented by Dr. Time Jones, Head of School of Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Sciences of Coventry University, and Dr. Craig Blyth, Associated Head of School, Internationalization, Coventry University. (2017)
Crosscultural Outreach Scholarship - Awarded from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System for MS Education Leadership (K-12) - 2018.
Best Presenter - ICAP-H 2nd Annual Conference at Muhammadiya Malang University in Indonesia (26th August 2023).
Best Presenter - SICASH 2024 - Sri Lanka Institute of Information and Technology (4th December 2024).
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Psychometrics, race relations and minority groups, leadership education, psychotherapy, psycholinguistics, and public-health research.
Memberships
- PsiChi - International Honor Society of Psychology - Since 2013 - Winona Chapter
- British Psychological Society - Graduate Member (MBPsS) - (2016 - 2020) - Devision for Researchers, Academics, and Teachers in Psychology (DART-P).
Ongoing Research
- Selvaratnam, N. C., Selvaratnam, N. D., Acker, P., Lanter, Dharmaratne, S., Acker, P. (2024). Sri Lanka’s Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) Research: Evaluating Data Sources and Methodological Approaches. (Pending Review, Trauma Care), Collaborative research with Stanford University, Emergency Medicine. Protocol Registered at PROSPERO.
- Selvaratnam, N. D. (2023). How to Run Essential Analyses in R Studio: For First Year Undergraduate Students with No Background in Programming, Second Edition, Deep Haven Counseling: Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Selvaratnam, N. D. & Selvaratnam, N. C. (2025). Subject matter experts (SMEs), reliability, and the Delphi method: Revisiting guidelines of consensus in healthcare decision-making.
My Publications
Book Chapters
- Naren D. Selvaratnam " Psychoanalytic Insight to Understand Change, Organizational Dysfunction, and Moral Leadership " Albrecht, David; Bolstad, Kurt; Endrizzi, T. L.; Erickson, M.; Fricker, R. A.; Fruechte, Maria; Greig, Ashley N.; Hagmann, Lynn; Lake, T. J.; Magdzas, Danielle; McKinney, Lawren; Moldenhauer, Elizabeth; Ohnstad, Cassie R.; Osland, Melissa; Preston, Paul Jr.; Reisdorfer, Anthony T.; Schoh, Tyler Vern; Selvaratnam, Naren; Teague, Luke S.; Holmes, Barbara; and Larson, Kendall, Leadership As We Know It, Winona, Minnesota, 2019, Winona State University, pp.181-192,
Journal Publications
- Selvaratnam, N. C., Selvaratnam, N. D., Nanayakkara, A. M. N. A. D. J. S., Tennakoon, S. " Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: The Protocol of Cultural Adaptation and Statistical Validation " European Journal of Public Health Studies, vol.7, Issue 1, 2024, pp.33-53, ROAD, CROSSREF, https://doi.org/10.46827/ejphs.v7i1.166,
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Keat, O. B. Tham, J. " Cohesion via Diversity and Inclusion: The Role of Sri Lankan State Universities in Post-War Reconciliation " Migration Letters, vol.21, Issue S1, 2024, pp.711-731,
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Keat, O. B. Tham, J. " Conversational Difficulties, Cognitive Distortions, & Leadership Efficacy of Minority Students in Sri Lankan Public Universities " Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, vol.6, Issue 10, 2023, pp.395-408,
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Keat, O. B. Tham, J. " The Challenges of Sri Lankan Minority Leadership in the State Universities: Equity and Equality " European Journal of Education Studies, vol.10, Issue 8, 2023, pp.18-37, ROAD, CROSSREF, https://doi:10.46827/ejes.v10i8.4897,
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Keat, O. B., Tham, J. " “We walk on the same corridors of our university”: Contemporary reflections of Sinhala-Tamil relations in Sri Lankan public universities, " KNE Social Sciences, 2024, pp.614-635, CROSSREF, DOI 10.18502/kss.v9i5.15206,
Conference Presentations
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Hettiarachchi, D, Dantanarayana, D, Bergen, S., Selvaratnam, S., Ponnamperuma, L. " Investigating the Psychometric Properties, and IRT Analysis of the Sinhala Generalized Self- Efficacy Scale (S-GSES) Presentation, at GARI Conference, Galle Face Hotel, Sri Lanka, 2018
Conference Proceedings
- Selvaratnam, N, D., Selvaratnam, N, C. Post-Graduate Quantitative Research Methodology: A Strategic Plan to Alleviate Student Anxiety. in the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division for Academics, Researchers, and Teachers of Psychology (DARTP) Annual Conference, year 2021, British Psychological Society, 24th June 2021,
- Dantanarayana, N, D., Selvaratnam, N. Adaptation and Validation of Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale in Sinhala Language Within Sri Lankan Context. in Paris International Academic Conference, year 2019, Paris, France, Global Academic Institute, 07th July 2019 ,
- Selvaratnam, N. D., Hettiarachchi, D. Application of Graded Response Model (GRM) to Investigate Item-Level Statistics of the Sinhala Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). in International Conference on Business Innovation (ICOBI) , year 2018, National School of Business Management, August 2018,
- Jayasena, B., Selvaratnam, N. Adaptation and Validation of the Short Version of Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) in Sri Lanka in GARI Summer Multidisciplinary Symposium , year 2018, Global Academic Research Institute, and National E-Learning Resource Centre, University of Kelaniya, 18th May 2018 ,
- Perera, S., Selvaratnam, N. General Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being in Late Adolescents and Factors Related to Adolescents’ Self-Efficacy: A Mixed Method Study. in International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, year 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Qatar University, 20th September 2018, ISBN: 978-955-3605-08-5
- Selvaratnam, N., Ponnamperuma, L. Cross-Cultural Validation of the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale and Its Application to Recovering Substance Abuse Recovery Interventions. year 2015,
- Selvaratnam, N.C. & Selvaratnam, N. D. Judgmental Validity of the Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale in SICASH, year 2024, Monarch Imperial, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 4th December 2024,
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