Alemayehu Gebru

1. Personal Information

• Full Name: Alemayehu Gebru Gebremariam
• Title:Mr
• Nationality Ethiopian
• Academic Rank: Lecturer
• Department: School of Social Work
• College/Institute College of Social Sciences and Humanities

2. Publications
3. GEBRU, Alemayehu, (2020). Psychosocial Impacts of Covid-19 Lockdown and Coping Strategies of the Community, Jimma University, Southwest Ethiopia, AJSW, Volume 10Number 32020 Special Issue on COVID-19
4. Gebru, A., Berhanu, Z. and 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),52-59
5. Wario Wako and Alemayehu Gebru (2020). Exploring the role of social work in correctional setting: Jimma zone correctional center, Ethiopia. j.soc.lang.stud. Vol. 7.No.2, pp.61-70.
6. Gebru, A. and Wako, W. (2021). Female university students lived experiences of COVID-19 lockdown: the case of JimmaUniversity, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 6(3), 97 – 105.
7. Alemayehu Gebru, ድር ቢያብር አንበሳ ያስር – there is so much social work knowledge in African proverbs, a look at some proverbs from Ethiopia, found at: https://africasocialwork.net/2021/05/26/there-is-so-much-social-work-knowledge-in-african-proverbs-a-look-at-some-proverbs-from-ethiopia/
8. Gebremariam, A. G. (2021). History of social services and social work in Ethiopia. Available at https://africasocialwork.net/ethiopia/ or
9. Gebremariam, A. G. (2021). History of social services and social work in Ethiopia. Harare: African Social Work Network (ASWNET)
10. Alemayehu Gebru , Hunde Doja Doja.(2021) . Exploring the challenges of social work education from field education perspective in Ethiopia: The case of four public Universities. j.soc.lang.stud. Vol. 8. .No.1, pp. 79-89

Publications in progress

1. Nigussie, Tadesse, and Alemayehu, Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Female Employees at Hawassa Industrial Park Garment Sector, Southern-Ethiopia, EJSSLS

1. Wario Wako and Alemayehu Gebru (2021). Exploring  the Indigenous Elderly Care Practice in the Gadaa System of Borana Oromo, Southern Ethiopia

1. Wario Wako, Alemayehu Gebru, Nega Jibat and Obsitu Duba (2021). Experiences of the Ex–political Prisoner in the Processes of Criminal Justice System in Ethiopia: A Phenomenological Narrative Approach
2. 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

1. Wario Wako and Alemayehu Gebru (2021). Growing up under a COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Impacts on Children’s Socialization in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia, AJSW
2. Alemayehu Gebru and Hunde Doja, (2022). Exploring the opportunities of social work education from field education perspective in Ethiopia: The case of four public Universities. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud.

3. Research Interests

• Health related issues
• Children, youth, adult, elders
• Women and men
• CBOs, NGOs, GOs…
• Organizations, community and society

4. Contact Details

• Email: gebrualemayehu@gmail.com
• Tel: +2519-10-40-40-19
• Fax:
• BOX: 378