Assistant Professor
Social Anthropology
Title: Dr.
Full Name: Jira Mekonnen Choroke
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department/Team: Social Anthropology
Field of Specialization: Culture, cash cropping and traditional farming
Research interest: Culture, indigenous knowledge, cash crops, environmental
issues
Publications:
1. Zerihun Mekuria Tesfaye, Dejene Gemechu Chala, Jira Mekonnen Choroke. 2024.
Forbidden, yet common: Female genital cutting among the Oromo in central
Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 19(12): https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0315566
2. Jiraa Mokonnon, Bulloo Fiixaa, Tarrafee Mitikkuu. 2024. Xiinxala Gahee Loonii
Sirna Fuudhaafi Heeruma Oromoo Maccaa Keessatti: Kuttaayee Irratti
Xiyyeeffachuun; Gadaa Journal/Barruulee Gadaa Vol. 7 No. 2;
https://journals.ju.edu.et
3. Dejene Gemechu Chala, Jira Mekonnen. 2022. The Politics of Symbols: The
Incorporation of Gadaa Symbols into State Constitutional Rhetoric in Oromia,
Ethiopia; Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, Vol. 9
.No.2, pp.3-18; http://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls
4. Mesfin Desta Kute, Jira Mekonnen Choroke, Dejene Gemechu Chala. 2021.
Segregating the Living and the Dead: The Case of the Dawro in Ethiopia;
Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, Vol. 8. .No.2, pp.23-
38; http://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls
5. Boru Mussa Burqaa. 2021. Malkaa Tarraamuu: The Customary Constitution of
the Itu Oromo Gada System; (ed.). Heritage Printing Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6. Stevenson, E., & Mekonnen, J. (2012. Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. In
E. Mendenhall, & A. Koon (Eds.), Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for
youth. University of New Mexico Press
7. Sirna Gadaa: Siyaasa Oromoo Tuulamaa (2007) (Vol. 1) (ed.); Oromia Culture
and Tourism Bureau, Finfinne (Addis Ababa), Ethiopia
8. Beruk Haile & Jira Mekonnen. (2008). Customary dispute resolution in Harar. In
Pankhurst, Alula and Getachew Asefa (Eds.), Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mechanisms in Ethiopia, Grass-roots Justice in Ethiopia: The Contribution of
Customary Dispute Resolution. Centre Française d’Etudes Ethiopiennes. Addis
Ababa
Contact Address:
Email: jira.mekonnen@ju.edu.et
Tel: +251911346815/+25179982797
Fax:
P.O. Box: 378 (JU’s)