Medhanit Belachew Beyene (PhD, Assistant Professor)

Information and Strategic Communication Office Director

Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology

Nationality – Ethiopian 

Current Address – Bahir Dar 

       Tel. (Mobile) - +251 923 042 834/ +251 927 650 932, 

E-mail: – medibel39@gmail.com 

      Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 

Summary

Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University; specialized in TEFL and obtained Master’s degree in Gender and Development Studies; teaching different English courses in the departments, schools, colleges and institutes of Bahir Dar University; working on research; participating in community services, committee works and took further responsibilities as Director of Information and Strategic Communication, Officer of External Relations, Representative of Academic staffs and Assistant Focal Person of a Center of Excellence (COE) project in one of the institutes of Bahir Dar University.

● 2002 – 2005 BEd in English. 

● 2008 – 2010 MEd in TEFL. 

● 2012-2015 MA in Gender and Development Studies 

● 2015- 2021 PhD in TEFL.

● Diploma in Higher Education Program (HDP) in 2008 – Bahir Dar University 

● A certificate for taking training conducted from November 19 to 27/2005, onPedagogical Skills focused on Learner Centered Methods of Instruction and Evaluation of Students’ Learning at Bahir Dar University, Academic Development and Resource Center. 

● A certificate for taking part in Practical English in a Global World at Bahir Dar English Teachers’ Conference from December 17 to 18/ 2005, by Bahir Dar University and the American Embassy. 

● A certificate for taking Assertiveness and Women’s Empowerment within the framework of the project Leadership and Management Capacity Development LMCD-EHE (NP7/272/3) from February 13 to 17/ 2012. 

● A certificate for taking SPSS version 6 training from December 26 to 30/ 2013, for 40 hours at Bahir Dar University Center of Capacity Building Programs (CCBP). 

● A Certificate for completing a training on Transformational Leadership in the Changing World by the International Leadership Institute from August 3-7/2015.

● A certificate for completing training on Change management and Leading Change from Ethiopian Civil Service University, training offered for 40 hours from December 10-14/2016. 

● A certificate for coordinating and being a member of a Public Relations and Fund-Raising Committee (2016 &2017) for the 4^th and 5^th International Conference organized and hosted by the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology-EiTEX on “Cotton, Textile and Apparel Value Chain in Africa.

● A certificate of Recognition for an outstanding translation service provided during the session held virtually to train SINOVUYO community session facilitators on April 19-23, 2021.

● 2005 -2006 at Bahir Dar University teaching Communicative English Skills I and II and Sophomore English/Advanced Writing Skills at Graduate Assistant I level. 

● 2006 – 2007 at Bahir Dar University teaching Communicative English Skills I and II, General English and Sophomore English/Advanced Writing Skills at Graduate Assistant II level. 

● 2007 -2010 at Bahir Dar University (in Science and Technology campus) teaching Communicative English Skills I and II, General English, Sophomore English/Advanced Writing Skills and Technical Report Writing at Assistant Lecturer level. 

● 2010- 2014 in Bahir Dar Institute of Technology campus/ BiT/, Bahir Dar University, teaching Communication Skills, Sophomore English/Advanced Writing Skills, and Technical Report Writing at Lecturer level, and advising undergraduate students studying English as a Foreign Language until 2013. 

● Since 2014, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX/, Bahir Dar University, teaching Communication Skills and Sophomore English, and serving the institute as External Relations Officer position. 

● 2014-2015 representative of staff members in Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX/, Bahir Dar University. 

● 2015-2016 External Relations officer in Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX/, Bahir Dar University.

● 2016 October- 2019 Bahir Dar University, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX teaching Communication Skills and Sophomore English, and serving the institute being the Director of Information and Strategic Communication.

● 2020 -2021 Assistant Focal Person of the COE project in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX.

● April 2023 to current date, Director of Information and Strategic Communication in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX.

Language – Excellent in both Amharic and English languages, and a beginner's level of French. 

● Communication Theories and practices 

● English for Specific Purposes (ESP) 

● Collaborative Language Learning 

● Teaching English as a Foreign/ Second Language 

● Literary language 

● Social Policy, Gender and Development 

● Language Education 

● Technical Report Writing as ESP: Students’ perception of the Delivery of Technical Report Writing (2011). Published Thesis. 

● A teaching module for the course Communication Theories and Practices 2010 with two colleagues. 

● A literary piece for collective work titled The Voice of Ethiopia: and Other Pieces of Literature, edited by Professor, Doctor V. Alexander Raju (Published in 2008). 

● Perception and Practice of Self-assessment in EFL Writing Classrooms (2011) (a group Project published in 2014). 

● Female Students’ Participation in Peer-led Language Learning (PLLL) Process in EFL/ESP Classrooms and their Performance. Bahir Dar University EiTEX (2014) (Not Published). 

● A Needs analysis of ESP in Textile Engineering Profession in Ethiopian Context (2020). Published Research Article

● 1995 -1997 (2003 -2005) member of the General assembly of Students of Bahir Dar University and volunteer member of Discipline Committee. 

● 2006 – 2007 (2013 -2014) Representative of Teachers’ Affairs and member of ICC (Institute’s Council Committee) of Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/ EiTEX, Bahir Dar University. 

● In 2014, a member of the Inaugural Committee, a secretary to the Public Relations Committee, and a member of the Fund-Raising Committee to the Fourth International Conference on Cotton, Textile, and Apparel Value Chain in Africa/ CTA-15, which is organized by Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX. 

● In 2015/2016, participating as a member of the Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II) design/preparation committee of the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology/EiTEX.

● April 2023 to current date, member of the senate to both Bahir Dar University and the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX).

● April 2023 to current date, member of the Management Council to Bahir Dar University, the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX).