Fesseha Hailu Mekonnen

 Personal profile:

•  Full Name: Fesseha Hailu Mekonnen           
• Sex: Male
• Nationality/Citizenship: Ethiopian
•  Contact address: email: fesseha2005@yahoo.com     or fessehahailu7@gmail.com    
• mobile: 0918782199
• Current employer university: Bahir Dar University
•  College/ Institute: Faculty of Social Sciences.
• Department: Geography and Environmental Studies.
• Current academic rank: Associate Professor.
• Academic management position (title): Vice-Dean.
• Institution: Bahirdar University (Faculty of Social Sciences)   Year/s:  2018 to date.

 Educational Background

• Secondary School completed from: Woizero Sehin Comprehensive Secondary School ( Dessie).
• Diploma in secondary school teaching Major in Geography and Minor in History 1982 (Kotebe Teachers’ Education).
• BA degree in Geography 1995 (Addis Ababa University).
•  MA degree in Human Geography 2001 ( Addis Ababa University).

 Work Experience

• Teaching in secondary school 1982-2002; in addition to geography I have taught:
  

  a.   History for ten years.

  b. Economics for one year.

  •  September 2002 –June 2003 Public Sector Reform Expert (Amhara Region Capacity Building Bureau).
  • July 2003 – August 2004 Public, Civic Society and NGO Capacity Building Follow up Department Head (Amhara Region Capacity Building Bureau).
  • September 2004 to date: Bahir Dar University staff (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)
  • Total years taught in Bahir Dar University: undergraduate and postgraduate 15years.
  • Contribution to institutional development (new programs, curriculum, units, etc. & years):Developing Curriculum for Undergraduate Program, Coordinating Counting Program, writing Geography PDGT Module.

 Editorial contributions during the last 5 years:

•  Edited journal/s’ title/s: Knowledge Beliefs And Sources of Information of Lassa Fever Among Residents of A Community In Ilorin Nigeria.
•  Edited journal’s publisher/s: OSSEREA

Authored peer-reviewed research publications

1. Liquid waste management: The case of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2012; 26(1):49-53]).
2.  Livelihood Strategies and Access to Basic Services of the Negede Wayto Communitiy in Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia [ Volume 2, Issue 10, pp 269-277; December, 2013].
3. Road traffic accident: The neglected health problem in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia [Ethiop.J. Health Dev.2014; 28(1):3-10].
4.  Status and Deterrents of Blood Donation among Civil Servants in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2016; 30 (1):44-49].
5. Knowledge, attitudes and practice of Bahir Dar University undergraduate students towards environmental issues, [EASSRR Vol. 32 No. 2 June 2016].
6. Pedestrian Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Urban Walking Environments Among Bahir Dar, Gondar and Dessie Towns, Ethiopia (2017).
7.  What is the level of Geographic Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Bahir Dar University? (2020). [EASSRR Vol. 36 No. 1 January 2020].