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Specialist Diploma (National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine);

M.Sc. (Hons) Social and Behavioural Studies (KROK University, Ukraine);

PhD (KROK University, Ukraine)

Dr. Iryna Soroka

Associate Professor

Email isoroka@jgu.edu.in
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Key Expertise Art therapy, psycholinguistics, positive psychology, psychobiography

Specialist Diploma (National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine);

M.Sc. (Hons) Social and Behavioural Studies (KROK University, Ukraine);

PhD (KROK University, Ukraine)

Biography

Dr. Iryna Soroka from Kyiv, Ukraine has been interested in psychology since she was a student, despite the fact that her first education was in the field of linguistics (majored in English language and literature). She went on to complete her doctoral studies in organizational psychology (Thesis: “Psychological prevention of conflicts in higher educational institutions”). In 2012, she won an Erasmus Mundus grant and continued her research at Pécs University, Hungary. She has participated and presented research papers at various scientific conferences in Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, France and India. She took part in exchange programmes and internship in Munich (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland). She is the co-author of two manuals for universities: “Management English” and “Business aspects” and the primary author of “English for psychology students”. She has published more than 30 scientific articles. She did various certified courses in Art therapy.

She is a member of IAAP (International Association of Applied Psychology) and International Federation of Art Therapy and Personal Realization. Her research interests span from psycholinguistics and art therapy to psychology of war.

From 2014 to 2017, she took part in projects by British Council “English for civil servants” (taught at the Ministry of Justice and Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine). She has trained and given workshops for a wide range of audience aged 14-55 yrs and on different topics, including “Problems of bullying at schools”, “Leadership”, “Time management”, “Conflict management”.

Courses taught at JIBS:

Introduction to Principles of Management

Psychological Aspects of Doing Business

Cross-cultural Business Behaviour

Conflict Management in Organizations

Personal Development and Self-care through Arts

Decoding Workplace Team Dynamics 

Ishchenko, Y., Hubarieva, D., Soroka, I., Usyk, D. & Chemonina, L. (2025). Emotional Education as a Means of Developing Social Competence in Primary School Students in Wartime. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 17(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2024.359

Ishchenko, Y., Rusnak, A., Artemov, V., Syniavskyi, P., & Soroka, I. (2024). Psychological and Pedagogical Aspects of Adaptation of Students Who Received Temporary Shelter to the Educational Environment of Another Country. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v24i1.6766

Soroka, I., Balode, N., & Kutas, M. (2024). Colours in clothes and psychological functioning: the impact on emotions and self-esteem. Sapienza: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 5(4), e24071. https://doi.org/10.51798/sijis.v5i4.850

Bortun, K., Chekaliuk, V., Kravchenko, O., Soroka, I., & Asadova Yagub, A. (2024). Detection of Typical Aggressive Lexical Markers Through Authorisation of Publicistic Texts. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 6(6), 172–183. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v6i6.7051

Soroka, I. (2023). Gerontophobia in “The Coming of Age” by Simone de Beauvoir: an interdisciplinary study. International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(4), 63-72. https://doi.org/10.56734/ijahss.v4n4a7

Vovchenko, O., Leonova, I., Soroka, I., Klymenko, I., & Tsekhmister, Y. (2022). The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on the Academic Performance of Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Inclusive Education. Journal of Intellectual Disability – Diagnosis and Treatment, 10, 187-196. https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2022.10.04.4

Bykova, A., Lobza, A., Gavrysh, J., Soroka, I., & Karpenko, Y. (2022). The Effectiveness of Bonus Payment as a Financial Incentive for Top Management. WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, 19, 1476-1492. https://doi.org/10.37394/23207.2022.19.133

Soroka, I., & Synhaivska, I. (2022). Management of interpersonal conflicts in the student environment: the results of implementing the training course. Psychological Journal, 8(1), 18–31. https://doi.org/10.31108/1.2022.8.1.2

Soroka I. (2022). Social Adaptation of Students in a Multicultural Environment during Distance Learning. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 11(1), 208-217. https://doi.org/10.5430/jct.v11n1p208

Soroka, I. A. (2022). The phenomenon of war as the booster of violent behaviour. In The Russian-Ukrainian war (2014–2022): historical, political, cultural-educational, religious, economic, and legal aspects. Riga, Latvia: “Baltija Publishing,” 1398-1407. https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-223-4-178

Soroka, I. (2021). Measurement of Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioural Components of Conflict Competence among University Students. Journal of Xidian University, 15(12), 292-299.

Pirozhenko, T., Khartman, O., & Soroka, I. (2021). The Features of Pre-School and Primary School Children’s Value Formation Process and the Development of their World Views. Psychological Journal, 7(5), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.31108/1.2021.7.5.4

Soroka, I., Zasluzhena, A. (2021). SWOT Analysis of Teaching Process at Universities During COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychological Journal, 7(8), 82-90. https://doi.org/10.31108/1.2021.7.8.7

Pirozhenko, T., Khartman, O., & Soroka, I. (2021). Worldviews as a way of appropriation value orientations and spiritual development. Pedagogy and psychology of postmodernism: values, competence, digitalization. InterGING Verlag, 86-98. ISBN 978-3-946407-10-2

Soroka I. (2020). Specifics of Teaching Conflict Management Course at University. Modern Approaches to Knowledge Management Development. Ljubljana School of Business, 344-355.

Soroka I. (2019). The ways of researching ESP learners’ needs as seen by teachers of Ukrainian universities. Advanced Education, Special Issue 11, 4-9. DOI: 10.20535/2410-8286.120626

Soroka I.A. (2019). Legal English: particularities and challenges of teaching. Aктуальні проблеми філології та перекладознавства: зб. наук. праць / ред. Кол. : Ю.П. Бойко, О. В. Ємець, Л.І. Бєлєхова та ін. Хмельницький : ХНУ, Вип. 15, 73–76.

Soroka, I. (2019). Methodology of scientific research: methodological guidelines. Kyiv: “KROK” University.

Pirozhenko, T., & Soroka, I. (2018). Tendency and Dynamics of Communicative-Speech Development of a Preschool Age Child. Psycholinguistics, 24(1), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.31470/2309-1797-2018-24-1-289-303

Soroka, I. (2017). English for Psychology students. Kyiv : “KROK” University.
Email isoroka@jgu.edu.in
Key Expertise Art therapy, psycholinguistics, positive psychology, psychobiography
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