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Name	Prof. Rohan Nethsinghe
Position	Vice Chancellor
Academic Qualifications	PhD, MFA, GradDipEd (Sec),BEd (H1), Dip in TAE, Dip in VET Prac, Dip VET, Cert IV TAA, Cert IV in ESL, Cert in Adult LLN.
E-mail	vc@vpa.ac.lk
Office Tel.	+94-11 2690240
Fax	+94-11 2686071
Biography	Laureate of international Jazz music festivals and competitions, Dr Rohan Nethsinghe is a Professor in Creative Arts Education, currently the Vice Chancellor of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. Rohan has more than twenty five years of performing, teaching and researching experience in international contexts and has worked as a teacher in Australian schools (p-12) and in the higher education sector (Technical and Further Education institutions and Universities). As a phenomenologist Rohan publishes in scholarly journals and presents his research nationally and internationally in the areas of Creative Arts Education, STEAM/Arts Integration, Music Education, Community Music, Arts Education and Higher Education. His research in Multicultural Music Education has contributed to the enhancement of the scholarship in teaching and learning and Rohan has won prestigious awards for his research in teacher education. Rohan is interested in understanding how Arts Education contributes to human development and the effects of applied/authentic learning (WIL).

Publications

Selected publications in high ranked international journals.	Rank & Year
A comparative analysis of Bharatamuni’s Natyashastra on Sri Lankan– Sabaragamuwa Pahan Madu ritual GD Maddumage, K Samarasinghe, R Nethsinghe Research in Dance Education, 1-11	Q1 2025
Benefits and challenges with the modular model of teacher certification in Australia: Listening to teachers’ voices B Brown, R Nethsinghe Australian Journal of Teacher Education (Online) 50 (1), 116-134	Q2 2025
Promoting cultural understandings through collaborative teaching: virtual drumming opportunities in teacher education D Joseph, A Cabedo-Mas, R Nethsinghe Intercultural Education 35 (5), 483-497	Q1 2024
Sign language usage of deaf or hard of hearing Sri Lankans LSK Udugama, R Nethsinghe, J Southcott, S Kularathna, TDT Dhanapala, … The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 29 (2), 187-198	Q1 2024
Professional learning: Sharing intercultural perspectives through virtual connections D Joseph, R Nethsinghe, A Cabedo-Mas, J Mellizo Issues in Educational Research 34 (1), 77-96	Q1 2024
“Debemos erradicar el miedo a las diferencias”: percepciones de estudiantes universitarios acerca de la educación musical multicultura A Cabedo-Mas, D Joseph, J Mellizo, R Nethsinghe Revista Electrónica de LEEME, 73-89	Q1 2023
‘We must eradicate the fear of the differences’: Tertiary Spanish students’ perceptions about multicultural music:“Debemos erradicar el miedo a diferencias”: percepciones … A Cabedo-Mas, D Joseph, J Mellizo, R Nethsinghe Revista Electrónica de LEEME, 73-89	Q1 2023
Social Processes that Shaped Sinhala Folk Music and its Characteristics Based on the Purposes of Usage K Samarasinghe, R Nethsinghe Journal of Research in Music 1 (2)	Q1 2023
An analysis of the status of teacher certification in the Australian Capital Territory following the introduction of the modular model R Nethsinghe, B Brown Australian Journal of Teacher Education (Online) 48 (4), 56-77	Q2 2023
Teaching songs from diverse cultures to pre-service teachers using a “Four Step Flipped” method R Nethsinghe, D Joseph, J Mellizo, A Cabedo-Mas International Journal of Music Education 41 (3), 383-397	Q1 2023
Building Global Teaching Competency Based on Australian and Indian Preservice Teachers’ Paired Practicum R Nethsinghe, PM Kurup, J Cherian Teacher Education, 116-126	Q1 2023
Building global teaching capacity among pre-service teachers: epistemological and positional framing in an internationally paired, authentic practicum PM Kurup, R Nethsinghe, X Li, J Cherian, Y Yang Journal of studies in international education 27 (2), 336-357	Q1 2023
An International quartet of voices: sharing songs and culture beyond borders J Mellizo, A Cabedo-Mas, D Joseph, R Nethsinghe Music Education Research 25 (1), 88-101	Q1 2023