Asantha U. Attanayake

Asantha U. Attanayake served as a Senior Lecturer attached to the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She received her BA from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a Fulbright research scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA. She is also a HKSEE alumna at Harvard University. Her thesis, Undergraduate ELT in Sri Lanka: Policy, Practice and Perspectives for South Asia is published (2017) by Cambridge Scholars Publishers, UK. Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia: Building Confidence to Speak English by Routledge Publishers (2019), UK is her latest addition to the academia. Her forthcoming book, An Action Research Handbook for English Language Teaching in South Asia, which she co-authored with her husband, Colonel Adam L. Barborich, is a recommended text for teacher education by the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. At present, she is living in USA and is Visiting Associate Professor at Ohio State University. She is an award-winning translator. She has translated 3 novel translations (from English into Sinhala, her mother tongue) and a collection of poetry to her credit. Currently, she is compiling her memoirs, Living in Sri Lanka with a White Husband.