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
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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:
Currently involved in national research projects on:
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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
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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) |