Mindaye Shimekit Woldeyohannes

Personal Information

• Name: Mindaye Shimekit Woldeyohannes
• Date of birth: 14 July 1983                                   
•  Place of birth: Addis Ababa                                  
• Sex: Male                                                               
•  Nationality: Ethiopian                                                         
•   Marital Status: Single                                                           

Educational Background

• 2006/07-2007/08: Graduated from Addis Ababa University, college of social Sciences, with MA Degree in Social Anthropology
• 2000/01 -2004/05: Graduated from Dilla University with Bachelor of Education in History

Professional Experience

•   November 2009 to the present: working as a lecturer at Bahir Dar University in the Department of Social Anthropology

Publication

• Herbalists and their Mode of Health Care Service Delivery in Debre Markos Town, North West Ethiopia. Advanced Journal of Social Science. Vol 6 (1) pp. 122-137, 2020

Work to be Published

•  Building on Tradition, and Inter-Ethnic Dialogue between Agaw, Shinasha, and Gumuz People: Indigenous Knowledge of Environmental Conservation, Irrigation, and Production Practices. 

Research Interest

• Indigenous knowledge Systems: indigenous/ traditional medical systems, indigenous natural resource management, indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms, and other related aspects.   

Positions and Committee Works

•    Member, the organizing committee for the 1^st Social Sciences Conference, Bahir Dar University, 2015.
• Member, the organizing committee for the 1^st Social Anthropology Conference, Bahir Dar, University, 2015.
• Course Chair, Department of Social Anthropology, Bahir Dar University, from 2011 to the Present.

 Training and Certificates

• Trained on skills of “Qualitative Research” that given by the Capacity Building coordinating Office of Bahir Dar University in November 2010.
• Successfully accomplished training on “Research Methods and Applications in social science” in February 2012 that organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University.
• Successfully accomplished “Journalism and Literacy” training given by Addis Ababa Administration Culture and Information Bureau from July to August 2007.
•  Trained on “Basic Computer Skills” at SolmiNet Information Technology (SIT) from June to August 2008.

Professional Membership

• Professional members of the Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists, ESSSWA.

References

1. Dr. Hirut Trefe: Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, College of Social Sciences, Department of Social Anthropology.Tel: (+251) 111 22 59 48; P.  O. Box. 1176, Addis Ababa     
2. Ato Fasika Gedif: Head of Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University.                                Cell Phone: (+251) 912 38 45 86; P. O. Box. 79, Bahir Dar