Grace Milly Kibanja

grace.kibanja@mak.ac.ug

Grace Milly Kibanja, PhD

Associate Professor

Biography

Grace Milly Kibanja is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology, at Makerere University Uganda. She has vast experience in conducting both pure and applied research. She has played a vital role in supporting Non-Government Organizations in Uganda to apply Psychological knowledge and skills to community development; and gender mainstreaming in their project cycles. She has published articles in peer reviewed journals and chapters in several handbooks such as the ‘Handbook of International Psychology’, theInternational Handbook of War, Torture and Terrorism’, the ‘International handbook of peace and reconciliation’, and the ‘Handbook of Ethno political Conflict: International perspective’. She is a co-author of the popular textbook “Escaping from Behavioral Poverty in Uganda: The role of Culture and Social capital.  

Education

  • PhD – Makerere University, Uganda
  • MSc - Rhodes University, South Africa
  • Honors - Rhodes University, South Africa
  • BSc- Makerere University, Uganda

Publications

2025

Odongo, Okello Ivan; Kibanja, Milly Grace; Kobusingye, Kiiza Loyce

Job Stress and Turnover Intention among In-Service Teachers in Lira City and Wakiso District, Uganda Journal Article

In: 2025.

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Odongo, Okello Ivan; Kibanja, Milly Grace; Kobusingye, Kiiza Loyce

The Nexus between Emotional Intelligence and Turnover Intention among In-Service Teachers in Lira City and Wakiso District, Uganda Journal Article

In: African Journal of Empirical Research, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 328–341, 2025.

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2023

Gyang, Tony; Milly, Grace Kibanja; Kajumba, Mayanja

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as A Predictor of Cognitive Readiness for Community Reintegration Among Internally Displaced Persons in Jos, Nigeria Journal Article

In: International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce, vol. 04, no. 05, pp. 213–224, 2023, ISSN: 2583-0333.

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Baluku, Martin Mabunda; Nansubuga, Florence; Kibanja, Grace Milly; Ouma, Samuel; Balikoowa, Richard; Nansamba, Joyce; Ruto, Grace; Kawooya, Kenneth; Musanje, Khamisi

Associations of psychological inflexibility with posttraumatic stress disorder and adherence to COVID-19 control measures among refugees in Uganda: The moderating role of coping strategies Journal Article

In: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, vol. 28, pp. 278–288, 2023.

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2020

Atibuni, Dennis Zami; Olema, David Kani; Kibanja, Grace Milly; Ssenyonga, Joseph

How work-life balance and research skills proficiency affect research engagement Book Section

In: Postgraduate Research Engagement in Low Resource Settings, pp. 115–128, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2020.

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2017

Atibuni, Dennis Zami; Kibanja, Grace Milly; Olema, David Kani; Ssenyonga, Joseph; Karl, Steffens

Challenges and strategies of research engagement among Master of Education students in Uganda Journal Article

In: International Journal of Educational Policy Research and Review, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 19–28, 2017.

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