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Guday Emirie Kassahun

Full Name Guday Emirie Kassahun
Higher Education attended BA: in Philosophy, Addis Ababa University (AAU)  (Sept. 1983-July 1987)

MA in Social Anthropology, AAU (Sept. 1995- June 1998)

PhD in Ethnology (Social & Cultural Anthropology), Göttingen University, Germany (Oct. 2002-Aug. 2005)
Academic Rank Graduate Assistant, Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Social Anthropology at Kotebe University College (KUC), Addis Ababa (Sept. 1987-Aug. 2007)

Assistant Professor of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Addis Ababa University  (Sept. 2007-Present)
Working for AAU since Sept. 2007
Administrative positions held if any/ past and present Associate Dean for Graduate Studies & Research, College of Social Sciences (CSS), AAU  (June 2009- Oct.2010)

Coordinator, Social Anthropology MA & PhD Programs, CSS, AAU (June 2011-Sept. 2012)

Head, Gender Office, CSS, AAU (January 2008- June 2009)

Liaison Officer for the Ethiopia Chapter of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa (July 2008-March 2014)
Awards ——recognitions — memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Gender Exemplary Practices Award for Excellent Professional Performance by the Ethiopian Women’s Affairs Desk, Prime Ministry’s Office, Addis Ababa (8th March 2004)

 

Excellent Professional Performance Award by Kotebe University College Graduating Students’ Council, KCU, Addis Ababa (14th July 2007)

Member, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)

Member, Alumni Göttingen University, Germany, African-Asian Studies Promotion Center in Göttingen, Germany

Reviewed several journal manuscripts submitted to the Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (EASSRR, OSSREA), the Ethiopian Journal of Development Research ((EJDR, AAU), the Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (EJOSSAH), AAU), and the Ethiopian Journal of Education, AAU.

Coordinated special issues journal publications on:

  • “Challenges and Opportunities of Climate Change in Ethiopia & Employment and Migration in Ethiopia” (3vols.) published in the Ethiopian Journal of Development Research (EJDR) of AAU
  • “Resource Management and Development in Ethiopia” (2vols) published in the Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (EJOSSAH) of AAU
  • “Population Migration in Ethiopia” (2vols) published in the Ethiopian Journal of Development Research (EJDR) of AAU.

Currently involved in national research projects on:

  • “Ethiopia National Child Marriage Mapping Study” (MoWCYA & UNICEF)
  • “The Gender and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Building Climate Resilience in the Face of Changing Environment in the Blue Nile Basin” (AAU Thematic Research Project)

 
Address Campus: Main

Building name: NCR

Floor number: 2nd

Office room no.  266

Office tel. +251-118-962078 ( Social Anthropology Department Office)

Mobile: +0911 34 30 83

University email ID: ————–

Alternative email ID: gudaye343083@gmail.com                gudaye343083@yahoo.com

 
Research interest/ not more than hundred words Culture, Education, Gender, Early Marriage, Migration, Social Protection, Environment, Development, Indigenous Medicine and Indigenous Conflict/Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
Publications on reputable journals “Gender and Migration to the Gulf States: An Anthropological Insight into Gendered Patterns of Migration in North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia”, (April 2013) Ethiopian Journal of Development Research (EJDR)-Special Issue, Addis Ababa University, Vol.35, No.1, pp.107-146 (with Kiya Gezahegen)

“Gender Relations in Access to and Control over Resources in Awra Amba Community of Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia” (Dec.

2013), Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (EJOSSAH), Addis Ababa University, Vol. IX, No.2, pp. 1-36 (with Eskinder Teferi)