PhD, Assistant Professor
History and Heritage Management
Name: Deressa Debu Woyessa
Educational Level : PhD
Academic Status/Position: Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Religious, Agricultural, Ecological and Ethnographic History
Publications:
Articles
1. “Inter-Ethnic Relations in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, with Special Emphasis on
Sokoru, Tiro-Afata and Dedo Districts: 1900s-2007” in International Journal of
Multicultural and Multi-Religious Understanding Volume 6, Issue 5 (October 2019)
https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/1535;
2. “Socioeconomic Impacts of the Artisan Implements on the Peasants Living Conditions,
the Oromo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Jimma: A Historical Perspective” in Journal of
Asian and African Studies https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00219096231225948;
3. “The Socioeconomic Impacts of Education on the Peasants’ Living Conditions:
Southwest Ethiopia, Jimma (1941–91): A Historical Analysis” in Journal of the History
of Education Society https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0046760X.2024.2422937?src=;
4. “The Marxist Concept of National Question and the Analysis of Ethiopian Reality
during the Derg regime (1974 to 1991” in Cogent Arts & Humanities https://www.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2024.2347056;
5. “Exploring History Teachers’ Understanding of the Goals of History Teaching and
Historical Thinking Skills in Secondary Schools” in the Routledge Social Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00377996.2024.2405959.
6. Book Chapter: “A History of the Diversity of Nationalities in the Gibe-Gojab-Dhidhessa
Triangle (Jimma Zone)”, Interdependence and Interactions in Ethiopian History edited by
Bahru Zewde. Addis Ababa: Association of Ethiopian Historians https://ethiopia.fes.de/e/
interdependence-and-interactions-in-ethiopian-history-english.html.
7. Book: Agro-Ecological History of Omo-Naaddaa. German Verlag Dr. Muller/VDM, 2010
https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s18/product/agro-ecological-history-of-omo-naaddaa-in-jimma-zone-of-oromiyaa-
deressa-debu-2010-reference-books-55384360.
Email: deressa.debu@ju.edu.et
Phone: 0911301717