{"id":41,"date":"2024-08-21T08:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/crim\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-01-30T05:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:22:15","slug":"academic-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/crim\/academic-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41\" class=\"elementor elementor-41\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c9edb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8c9edb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659fe2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"659fe2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head of the Department<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bc7d32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4bc7d32\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a69293 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a69293\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49c524a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49c524a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Head of the Department&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mr. Udayakumara Amarasinghe<\/strong><br>Senior Lecturer Grade I<br>BA (Hons); MA (USJ)<br>Email: udayasjp@gmail.com<br>Office: 011-2758330<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30587e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30587e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381392a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"381392a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135c26a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"135c26a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c39eb0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c39eb0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b79ac8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b79ac8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/vFd8NCD\/Whats-App-Image-2025-09-17-at-13-39-35.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8257597 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8257597\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d93f98d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d93f98d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Prof.Dr. Sunil Rajaneththi<\/strong><br \/>Professor<br \/>B.A.M.A(USJ),M.A. PhD(hamburg, Germany) Former Head of the Department Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Gangodawila, Nugegoda.<br \/>Email:rajaneththi@sjp.ac.lk<br \/>Mobile: 077 3927785 \/071-8549486<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59daed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e59daed\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c76c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c76c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/r36KR8M\/Dr-Neranji-Wijewardana.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aaab74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4aaab74\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555eb58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"555eb58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Prof. (Mrs.) B. V. N. Wijewardana<\/strong><br \/>Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice<br \/>BA ( USJP); PGD in Psychology &amp; Counselling<br \/>(Colombo); MPhil (USJP); PhD ( USJP),Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (UK) ; Fulbright Fellow (USA) 2024\/25<br \/>Email: neranji@sjp.ac.lk<br \/>Mobile: 0714463977<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd23890 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd23890\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba2d5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ba2d5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1114b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1114b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/cKPTYNDc\/Mr-DHANAPALA.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44da661 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44da661\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c97ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c97ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Prof. W. M. Dhanapala<\/strong><br \/>Professor<br \/>BA (Hons); MA (Hitotsubashi); MPhil (USJ)<br \/>Email: wmd63(at)yahoo.com<br \/>Office: 011-2758255<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9ec92e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9ec92e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1210eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1210eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/rQz9v9M\/BUDDHADASA.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19dadd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d19dadd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2a0cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2a0cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ms. M. P. A. A. Buddhadasa<\/strong><br \/>Senior Lecturer Grade I<br \/>BA (Hons) (USJ); MA (Simon Fraser)<br \/>Email: buddhadasaanu(at)gmail.com<br \/>Office: 011-2758261<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f766e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48f766e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434088b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"434088b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d154b9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d154b9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/ZxDmrG1\/Nishani-Ranaweera.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b6d4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6b6d4e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30811a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30811a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ms. K. G. Nishani Ranaweera<\/strong><br \/>Senior Lecturer Grade II<br \/>BA (Hons); Mphil (USJ)<br \/>Email: ranaweera(at)sjp.ac.lk<br \/>Office: 011-2758252<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29388c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29388c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a556fe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a556fe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/47QWcwz\/dr-kaushlya-hewawasam.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d68b40b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d68b40b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a356f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a356f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr. (Mrs.) H. P. K. N.<\/strong> Hewawasam<br \/>Senior Lecturer Grade II<br \/>BA (Hons); MPhil (USJ); PhD (USJ)<br \/>Email: kaushalyahewawasam(at)gmail.com<br \/>Office: 011-2758252<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of the Department Head of the Department&nbsp; Mr. Udayakumara AmarasingheSenior Lecturer Grade IBA (Hons); MA (USJ)Email: udayasjp@gmail.comOffice: 011-2758330 Prof.Dr. Sunil RajaneththiProfessorB.A.M.A(USJ),M.A. PhD(hamburg, Germany) Former Head of the Department Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Gangodawila, Nugegoda.Email:rajaneththi@sjp.ac.lkMobile: 077 3927785 \/071-8549486 Prof. (Mrs.) B. V. N. 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