Prof. WMJ Welgama obtained his Ph.D. from Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHSS), University of Peradeniya, in Sociology being specialized in Sociology ( Social Gerontology). He joined the Faculty of Social Sciences of Sabragamuwa University of Sri Lanka by the year 2001 as a temporary lecturer and subsequently promoted to the post of Lecturer (Probationary) by the year 2004. Currently he serves in the Department of Social Sciences as a Senior Lecturer. Main areas of teaching come under the sub fields of Sociology and Psychology such as Self, Family, Sexuality, Environmental Sociology, Introductory Psychology and Social Psychology, Sri Lankan Society and Culture, Research Methods and Counselling. Social Gerontology, Environmental Sociology, Family, Social Problems are the research interests. He serves as the Psychological Counsellor at Sitharana Counselling Centre extending service to both University and the outer community. He has earnt a reputation for his role as a trainer in Soft Skills and he further serves the community as a Psychological Counselor and a Soft Skills trainer. 

Faculty Coordinator (2017) - Internal Quality Assurance Unit, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Director - Centre for Indigenous Community Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lnaka. (2018 -2021)

Board Member - Center for Indigenous Community Studies, Sabragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. (2017)

Tecnical Advisory Committee Member. Sri Lanka Social Security Board. (2019 -2021)

Life Member, Royal Asiatic Society. Colombo.

Member. National Science Foundation. Colombo

Sociology of Aging, Social Gerontology, Family, Youth, Environmental Sociology, Social Problems

Ongoing Reserach Projects

1. The Sick Role of Elderly Cancer Patients: A Sociological Analysis. This reserach project covers elderly cancer patients represent the sample include five cancer clinics in Sri Lanka. Investigation of their sick role, adjustments and coping, rationalization of illness come as the objectives. Government reserach grant scheme for universities has accepted the initial proposal and ethical review of the reserach is being progressed. 

2. Stories of Suffering: Cancer and Old Age.  

Welgama, W. M. J., & Piumali, S. D. (Year). The sick role of senior citizen cancer patients in Sri Lanka: A sociological perspective. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review, 9(2), 96–115. https://doi.org/10.4038/jsshr.v9i2.77

• Welgama, W. M. J., & Piumali, S. D. (Year). The sick role of senior citizen cancer patients in Sri Lanka: A sociological perspective. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review, 9(2), 96–115. https://doi.org/10.4038/jsshr.v9i2.77
• ජයසේන එම්.එස්.එස් සහ ඩබ්. එම්. ජේ. වෙල්ගම. (2022). "පරිවාස සහ ළමා රක්ෂණ සේවා ආයතනගතකරණය ආශ්‍රිත සුබසාධන ගැටලු පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්‍යාත්මක විමසුමක්. ", ප්‍රථිමාන, සමාජ විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, රුහුණු විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය.
• Welgama,J.(2021).Modernization, ‘New aging’ and Successful Aging Experience of Sri Lankan Sinhalese, Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology,2.
• වෙල්ගම ,ජයප්‍රසාද් .:2021*ග නවීකරණය, සාර්ථක වෘද්ධභාවය සහ සිංහල fජ්‍යෂ්ඨ පුරවැසි අත්දැකීම් පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයක්, සමාජ විමසුම, 16, සමාජ විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව.පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයග
•  වෙල්ගම ,ජයප්‍රසාද් .:2020*ග ආගම, අධ්‍යාත්මිකතාව සහ වෘද්ධභාවය, ආඛ්‍යාන, 5 :1*. 
•    අමරසේකර, චරිත් සහ වෙල්ගම ,ජයප්‍රසාද් . :2020*ග මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය වලට ඇබ්බැහි වූ  රැඳවියන්ගේ උප සංස්කෘතිය සහ දිළිඳුකම අතර පවතින සම්බන්ධතාවය පිළිබඳ සමාජ විද්‍යාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්, ආඛ්‍යාන,  5 :2*.
• Welgama, J. (2019). Family and the Sexual Identity Development of Youth: A Comparative Sociological Study of the Semi-urban and Rural Youth in Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka. Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 17(1), pp.24–37. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/suslj.v17i1.772
• Welgama, Jayaprasad. (2016). The meaning of being an elderly person among the Sinhalese: an ethnographic perspective, International Journal of Arts and Commerce,  5( 5).
• de Silva, Amarasiri & Welgama, W.M.J. (2014).Modernization, Aging and Co residence of Older Persons: The Sri Lankan Experience. in, Anthropology & Aging, Journal of the Association for Anthropology & Gerontology, 35(1).
• වෙල්ගම ,ජයප්‍රසාද් . :2014*. වෘද්ධභාවයෙහි සමාජමය නිර්මාණය; සමාජ විද්‍යාත්මක විමසුමක්, සමාජ විමසුම ,16. සමාජ විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව.පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය.
• වෙල්ගම, ජයප්‍රසාද්. :2009*. ලිංගිකත්වය සහ ලිංගික අනන්‍යතාවය. සංකල්පීය මායිම් පිළිබඳ විග්‍රහයක්, සබරගමුව විශ්ව විද්‍යාලීය ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය. 4.