Zenebe Beyene

Full Name Zenebe Beyene
Education attended BEd (1994)Teaching English.  Kotobe College of Teacher EducationMA (2000) Teaching English as a foreign language, AAUMA (2007) Journalism, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

PhD (2012). Political Science, , University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Academic Rank Asst. Prof.
Working for AAU since 2002 (14 years)
Administrative positions held Director, Office of External Relations, Partnerships and Communications, July 2015-March 2017Asst. Dean, Graduate School of Journalism and Communication
Address Campus: Main;  Building name: Nelson R. MandelaFloor number: 4thOffice room no.: 403

Office tel. +251,111-234027

University email ID: zenebe.beyene@AAU.edu.et

Alternative email ID: bzenebe2000@gmail.com

Research interest Media and Ethnic violence, media and peace, media and democracy and elections, media and human rights, International and cross-cultural communications, media and transitional justice.Media and Ethnic Violence, Media, Peace and Stability, the role of ICT in Peace Building, State Building and Governance, Media and Development, Media and Democracy, Elections and Democratization, International and cross-cultural communications.
Recent publications  on reputable journals

Zenebe Beyene (2016) Building and Sustaining Partnerships. Addis Ababa University (AAU) and AAU Newsletter.

Gagliardone, Iginio,  Zenebe Beyene (et al.), 2015. Mechachal:  Assessment of Online Debate in Ethiopia.  PP 1—39. Oxford University: The Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy in collaboration with Addis Ababa University.

Zenebe Beyene, Abdissa Zerai and Gagliardone, Iginio.2015. Satellites, Plasmas and Law: The role of TeleCourt in changing conceptions of justice and authority in Ethiopia. International Journal of Security & Development, 4(1): 28, pp. 1-13, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/sta.fn

Zenebe Beyene and Abdissa Zerai. 2014. The Role of ICTs in Governance, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia.  CGCS Occasional Paper Series on ICTs, State-building, and Peacebuilding in Africa Number Two. Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Zenebe Beyene. 2011. Media Use and Abuse in Ethiopia. In Robert S. Fortner and P. Mark Fackler’s (eds.) Handbook of International Communications Ethics. Wiley, Blackwell; 2011

Media Use and Abuse in Ethiopia. In Robert S. Fortner and P. Mark Fackler’s (eds.) Handbook of International Communications Ethics. Wiley, Blackwell; 2011.