Department: Social work

Title:	Mr.
Full Name:	Tulu Hajji  Mame
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Lecturer
College/Institute:	Social Sciences and Humanities
Department:	Social Work
Field of specialization:	Social Work
Research Interest:	Psychosocial issues, social policies, social protection, migration, civil society and voluntary endeavors.
Publications:	Discharge planning and post-discharge follow-up care practice in psychiatry department at Jimma Medical Center.

 

Contact:

Phone: +251-926-80-68-05

Email: hajjitulu@gmail.com

Title:	Mr.
Full Name:	Mohammed Abdo Hajimohammed
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Lecturer
College/Institute:	Social Sciences and Humanities
Department:	Social Work
Field of specialization:	BA in Social Work MSW in community and social development, Specialization in Social Policy MPhil in Childhood Studies
Research Interest areas:	Development issues    Gender Issues     Rights of children with disabilities     Child protection  Human Trafficking  Migration Social policy
Publications:	On process

 

Contact:

Phone: +251916366667

Email: mohaabd667@gmail.com or mohammed.hajimohammed@ju.edu.et

Title:	Mr.
Full Name:	Asayeberhan Kastro Kadido
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Lecturer
College/Institute:	College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department:	School of Social Work
Field of specialization:	Social Work Social Development and Community Practice Health Communication and Health Behavior
Research Interest:	Child Trafficking Child Protection Human Trafficking Community Social Work HIV/AIDS and Other STDs impact on Road Construction Projects Social and Environmental Safeguards Health and Safety
Publications:	Kastro, A., & Dullea, K. (2020). Community-based prevention of child trafficking in Southern Ethiopia. International Social Work, 63(2), 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818798000 Domestic trafficking of children in Ethiopia. Human trafficking and modern day slavery- social dialogue magazine. The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) · Mar 1, 2019 Human trafficking and modern day slavery- social dialogue magazine. The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) · Mar 1, 2019 ISSUE 20, February/March 2019. Page 38-42

 

Contact: Jimma University

Phone: +251913251245/0966696226

Email: asayeberhankastro@gmail.com

 

Title:	Mr
Full Name:	Hunde Doja Biratu
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Assistant Professor, PhD Fellow @Jimma University
College/Institute:	CSSH
Department:	School of Social Work
Field of specialization:	Counseling Psychology
Research Interest:	Children, Youth, Family, Elderly, Women, Disability, Migration, Substance Use/Addiction, Health and Psychosocial Related Issues
Publications:	1.      Wario Wako, Firehiwot Jabessa, Hunde Doja and Nega Jibat (2023). Children’s socialization in the cultural context of Borana Oromo: Its values and features. East African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 8(2) 69-78 2. Hunde Doja (2020). Being and becoming street child: Causes, challenges and opportunities (FC Jimma branch in focus). AGATHOS, Volume 11, Issue 1 (20): 216-230 3. Wario Wako, Firehiwot Jabessa, Hunde Doja, and Nega Jibat. (2022). Agents and Strategies of Children’s Socialization in the Gadaa System of Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. Vol. 9.No.1, P.p.101-112 4.  Alemayehu Gebru and Hunde Doja Doja.(2021) . Exploring the challenges of social work education from field education perspective in Ethiopia: The case of four public Universities. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. Vol. 8. .No.1, pp. 79-89 5.  Hunde Doja and Tadele Duressa (2019). Factors Affecting Social Accountability in Service Providing Public Sectors: Exploring Beneficiaries’ Perspectiv es in Jimma Zone. Research, Society and Development, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 01-18, 2019 6. Abiru Neme, Tesfaye Eticha and Hunde Doja (2020). Reproductive Health Needs and Service Utilization by Youths in Dilfana Kebele, Arbaminch Town, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. EC Gynaecology 9.8 (2020): 10-22. 7.  Alemayehu Gebru, Wario Wako, Hunde Doja and Addisalem Taye (2022). The Role of the Community in Managing Crisis of COVID-19 Pandemic: The case of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

 

Contact:

Phone: +251913393872

Email: jitudoja@gmail.com /hunde.doja@ju.edu.et

 

 

Title:	Mr.
Full Name:	Wubshet Hailu Fufa
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Lecturer
College/Institute:	CSSH
Department	School of Social Work
Field of specialization:	Social Work practice with Children, Youth and Family concentration
Research Interest:	(Family, Children, Youth, Indigenous knowledge-skills and values from social work practice points of view, Migration, Gerontology, contemporary social issues and Criminology.
Publications:	1.The burdens and management of casual street gangsterism from the police experience in Ethiopia https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2129129   2. Challenges Ethiopian Migrant Returnees Encounter in the Reintegration Processes. The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies (EJSSLS) (ju.edu.et)

 

Contact:

Phone: +251921596640

Email: Wubhayil@gmail.com  / wubshet.hailu@ju.edu.et

 

Title:  Mr.

Full Name:  Alemayehu Gebru Gebremariam

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Lecturer

College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: School of Social Work

Field of Specialization: Generalist Social Worker

Research interest: Culture, Health and Social Problems at different intervention levels with diverse client systems

Publications:

1. Gebru, A. (2020). Psychosocial impacts of COVID-19 lockdown and coping strategies of the community, Jimma University, Southwest Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 10(3), 41-49.
2. Gebru, A., & Wako, W. (2022). Walking the theories we talk: Utilizing African social work theories in African research. African Journal of Social Work, 12(4), 189-198.
3. Gebru, A., & Doja, H. (2021). Exploring the Challenges of Social Work Education from Field Education Perspective in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies (EJSSLS), 8(1), 79-89.
4. Gebru, A., Berhanu, Z., & Hajji, T. (2021). Discharge planning and post-discharge follow-up care practice in psychiatry department at Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 11(2).
5. Gebru, A., Wako, W., Doja, H., & Taye, A. (2024). The Role of Community in Managing Crisis of COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. International Journal of Emerging Issues in Social Science, Arts and Humanities (IJEISSAH), 2(2), 11-21.
6. Gebru, A. and Wako, W. (2021). Female university students lived experiences of COVID-19 lockdown: the case of Jimma University, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 6(3), 97 – 105.
7. Wario, W. A. K. O., & GEBRU, A. (2022). Growing up under corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the impacts on children’s socialization in Jimma City, Southwest Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 12(5), 214-222.
8. Wako, W., Gebru, A., & Jima, D. E. (2024). Pastoralist women’s roles, livelihood risks and resilience among Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 20(1), 55-77.
9. Wako, W., & Gebru, A. (2020). Exploring the Role of Social Work in Correctional Setting. The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies (EJSSLS), 7(2), 61-70.
10. Wario & Alemayehu, (2023). Indigenous Elderly Care Practices in the Gadaa System of Borana Oromoo. Gadaa Journal/Barruulee Gadaa, 6 (1). 72-86
11. Haileyesus, N., Gobosho, T., & Gebru, A. INVESTIGATING THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES AT HAWASSA INDUSTRIAL PARK GARMENT SECTOR, SOUTHERN-ETHIOPIA.

 

 

Title:	Mr.
Full Name:	Birhanu Fufa Feyissa
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Academic Rank:	Lecturer
College/Institute:	Social Sciences and Humanities
Department:	Social Work
Field of specialization:	BA in Social Work MA in Sociology, Specialization in Social Policy MPhil in Childhood Studies
Research Interest areas:	Criminal justice social work practice, children, youth and family studies, children’s rights, child protection, children and delinquency studies.
Publications:	Neway, A., and Fufa, B., (2023). Roles, Opportunities, and Challenges of Social Workers in Three Selected Correction Settings of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. East African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 8(2).   Fufa, B., Jibat, N., and Fikadu, H. (2021). Practices and Challenges of Treating Juvenile Delinquents in the Correctional Center of Jimma Zone, Oromia State, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, 8(2), 7-21.   Fufa, B. (2020). Support to Vulnerable People in Time of COVID-19 in the Jimma City, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Website contribution. https://www.iassw-aiets.org/covid-19/5606-support-to-vulnerable-people-during-covid-19-pandemic-in-the-jimma-city-oromia-region-ethiopia/ Fufa, B. (2023).  The Life Experiences of Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Institutions in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia (master thesis at NTNU, Norway)

 

Contact:

Phone: +251996357802

Email: birhanu.feyissa@ju.edu.et or bifufa2017@gmail.com

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1. Personal Information

• • Full Name: Wario Wako Alio
  • Title: Mr.
  • Nationality: Ethiopian
  • Academic Rank: Lecturer
  • Field of Specialization: MA in Social Work (Generalist Concentration)
  • Department: Social Work
  • College/Institute: Social Sciences and Humanities

2. Publications

• • Wako, W., Chala, D. G., Gemede, N. J., & Ero, D. (2023). Indigenous Social Protection Mechanism: The Practices and Challenges of Buusaa-Gonofaa in the Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 18(4), 84–102.
  • Wario Wako, Obsitu Duba, and Nega Jibat. (2023). “It was a Grave Where a Person is Buried Alive”: Experiences of Oromo Political Prisoners under the Criminal Justice System of Ethiopia during the EPRDF. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, 10 .No.2, pp. 1 4 5 – 1 61.
  • Wario Wako, Firehiwot Jabessa, Hunde Doja, and Nega (2022). Agents and Strategies of Children’s Socialization in the Gadaa System of Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, 9. (1), 101-112.
  • Wario Wako and Alemayehu Gebru (2021). Indigenous Elderly Care Practice in the GadaaSystem of Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia. Gadaa Journal, 6(1), 72-86.
  • Wario Wako and Alemayehu Gebru (2020). Exploring the Role of Social Work in Correctional Setting: Jimma Zone Correctional Centre, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, 7 (2), 61-70.
  • Alemayehu Gebru and Wario Wako (2022). Walking the theories we talk: Utilizing African social work theories in African African Journal of Social Work, 12(4), 189-198.
  • Gebru, A. and Wako, W. (2021). Female university students lived experiences of COVID- 19 lockdown: the case of Jimma University, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 6(3), 97 –
  • Wako, W. and Gebru, A. (2022). Growing up under corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the impacts on children’s socialization in Jimma City, Southwest Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 12(5), 214-222.

3. Publication on process
   • Wario Wako, Firehiwot Jabessa, Hunde Doja and Nega Jibat (2021). Children’s Socialization in the Cultural Context of Borana Oromo: Its Values and Features
   • Wario Wako, Alemayehu Gebru , Dejene Gemechu , Lidiya Dereje , and Firaol Tafese (2023). Drought as a Threat to Culture: The Cultural Impacts of Perennial Drought in Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia
   • Dejene Gemechu, Ameyu Godesso, Firaol Tafese, Wario Wako , Boru Musa and Alemayehu Fekede (2023). Oromoo Concept of Peace: An Exploration of its Values and Guiding Mechanisms
   • Wario Wako and      Dejene Gemachu         (2022). Indigenous      Children’s       Rights  and   Responsibilities in the Cultural Context of Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia
   • Wario Wako, Alemayehu Gebru and Debebe Ero (2022). Pastoralist Women’s Roles, Livelihood Risks and Resilience among Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia
   • Alemayehu Gebru, Wubshet Hailu and Wario Wako (2022). The Lived Experiences of students Detached from their family during Ethiopian’s Tigray Conflict: The case of Jimma University
4. Research Interests

• Indigenous Knowledge (Gadaa system), Children and Families, Elderly, Gender, Conflict Resolution, Disability, Migration, Drug addiction, Social Work in Criminal Justice System

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