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Ayenew Guadu Belete (PhD)
Academic Rank
Associate Professor

 Personal (Bio data) and Contact Information 

Name:  Ayenew Guadu Belete
Date of Birth: January 24, 1975 

Nationality: Ethiopian 
Address: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia        
Cell Phone: +251967610008

Email: ayuguad2019@gmail.com

Institutional Email: Ayenew.Guadu@bdu.edu.et

Marital Status: Married

Education

 

No

Institution  

Degree awarded

Date

1

Addis Ababa University

Ph.D. in English Literature

July 2015

2

Addis Ababa University

M.A. Degree in English Literature

January 2005

3

Kotebe College of Teacher Education

B.Ed. in English

June 1999

 

 Professional Training and Certifications

No 

Training Title 

Institution 

Issue date and duration 

1

English Language Teaching Workshop

Public Diplomacy Section, U.S. Embassy

January 8-10, 2002

2

Higher Diploma Program (HDP) Certified Professional Teacher Educator (awarded Temporary Higher Diploma License)

Bahir Dar University

July 06, 2006

 

 

 

3

Literature for Peace

Debre Markos University

March 29-30, 2019

 

4

Research Ethics Review and SOP Preparation

Bahir Dar University

January 17-18, 2024

5

Master Class for Teaching Online (Open edX)

Arizona State University 

March 26, 2024

6

Master Class Resource Hub ASU-MC101

Arizona State University

March 01, 2024

7

University Administrator Training Hub

e-SHE-eSHE101

Arizona State University

March 02, 2024

8

How to Build in Open edX Studio

e-SHE-OEX101

Arizona State University

March 03, 2024

9

How to Study Effectively

e-SHE-CE101

Arizona State University

March 04, 2024

10

How to Evaluate Resources

e-SHE-CE102

Arizona State University

March 06, 2024

 

Work Experience 
 

No  

Position

Institution  

Date  

1

Associate professor and GRCE Vice Dean of Humanities Faculty

Bahir Dar university

Nov,14,2024 to present 

2

Associate professor and GRCE Vice Dean of Humanities Faculty

Bahir Dar university

Jan.10, 2024 to Nov,13,2024

3

Assistant professor, coordinator of PhD Program in Literature and editor in chief of EJLCC (Jan 9,2022 to Jan 2024

Bahir Dar university

Jan. 01, 2018 to Jan. 09, 2019

4

Assistant professor

Bahir Dar university

July.09, 2015 to Jan. 01, 2018

5

Lecturer in English Literature

 

Bahir Dar University

February 2005 – August 2008

6

Graduate Assistant 2

Bahir Dar University

Dec. 26, 2000 – Dec.26, 2001

7

Graduate Assistant 1

Bahir Dar University

Sep.5, 2002 – Sep.7, 2005

Other experiences

1

 A part-time job in translation 

Supreme Language School

From 2006 - 2008

2

Participating in different committee works 

Bahir Dar university 

Since 2002- present 

3

Reviewing papers for different conferences and journals 

Bahir Dar University and other universities in Ethiopia as well as abroad 

 

 

5.  Personal Skills and Competences

No 

Language competence 

Written 

Speaking

Reading

Listening 

1

English 

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

2

Amharic 

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

3

Awgni or Agawgna

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

Excellent 

 

Computer skills 

Basic computer skills (Microsoft office, Internet skills, eLearning, Google cloud)

 

 

 

6. List of Publications

Articles

 

  1. Ayenew Guadu, Dawit Dibekulu & Abebe Walle Menberu (2025). Artificial Intelligence in African Higher Education: Uses, Misuses, and Ethical Dilemmas.   Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Review 5 (3), 4196-4221.

  2. Ayenew Guadu & Dawit Dibekulu (2025). Deconstructing Proverbs: Unveiling the Paradoxes of Beginnings and Endings. Current Social Science, XXXX, Vol. XX, 1-12.

  3. Ayenew Guadu & Dawit Dibekulu (2025).  Female Beauty as a Symbol of the Nation in Selected Ethiopian Novels in English: An Intertextual Study. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(5), 459-469.

  4. Daniel Kibebu, Anteneh Aweke, & Ayenew Guadu (2025). Childhood and Society: Exploring Societal Stereotypes of Children in Giracha Kachiloch and Lijinet . Berhan International Research Journal of Science and Humanities (BIRJSH), 2025, 9(1), 207-235.

  5. Tewodros Alebel, Anteneh Aweke, Ayenew Guadu (2024የታሪክ ፈድለተቃርኖበየስንብት ቀለማት፤ድኅረዘመናዊ ንባብ. Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 9 (2), 152-179.

  6. Ayenew Guadu (2024). An intertextual exploration of apocalyptic and afterlife hell imagery in The Thirteenth Sun. Social Science and Humanities Open, 10, 101114

  7. Ayenew Guadu (2024). An Intertextual Reading of the Novel Defend the Name. PLOS ONEhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304177 

  8. Yalew Aklog, Tesfaye Dagnew & Ayenew Guadu (2023). Intertextuality as a Postmodern Feature in Ethiopian Amharic Cinema. Debre Markos University Journal of Interdisciplinary studies, 7(1), 788-806.

  9. Habtemariam Amare, Ayenew Guadu & Tilahun Bejitual (2023). A Thematic Analysis of Pastiche as an Intertextual Technique: Book of Ziq in Focus. Debre Markos University Journal of Interdisciplinary studies, 7(1), 771-787.

  10. Abrham Gedamu, Anteneh Aweke & Ayenew Guadu (2023). Ethnocentrism vis-à-vis Ethiopian Nationalism as Reflected in Yismake’s Därtogada and Kïbur Dïngay. Ethiopian Renaissance Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (ERJSSH), 10 (1), July 2023 (121-140).

  11. Abrham Gedamu, Anteneh Aweke & Ayenew Guadu (2023). Postmodern Thoughts in Dawit’s Alämänor: Critiques on Normativity, Absolute Truth and the Sovereign Self. Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (EJOSSAH), vol.19, No.1 (1-18)

  12. Alebachew Fentaw, Tesfaye Dagnew and Ayenew Guadu (2021). Time in Literary Translation: Anticipation of Retrospection, Temporality of Reading and Living. Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 9(3). 

  13. አብዮት ዓለም  አና አየነው ጓዱ። (2024) የድህረ ቅኝ ግዛት ጭብጦች ትንተና ፀረ ኰሎኒያሊስት ተውኔት:: Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 7(2), 60-83. 

  14. Ayenew Guadu (2023). Intertextuality as an Inherent Tool for the Composition and Interpretation of Texts: A Theoretical Reappraisal. International Journal of Literature and Arts. Vol. 11, No. 3, 2023, pp. 107-119. doi: 10.11648/j.ijla.20231103.11.

  15. Ayenew Guadu & Dawit Dibekuku (2023). Book Review: Yeteqolefebet Qulf by Mihret Debebe. Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, (1), 133-138

  16. Ayenew Guadu and Tesfaye Dagnew (2009). Amharic Oral Poems on HIV/AIDS: A Thematic Analysis on the Psychological and Oral Dimensions of the Problem. Baselius Researcher: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies and Research, Vol.x, No.1, January-June 2009.

 

 Seminar presentations
  1. Ayenew Guadu conducted a review of Tewodros Tefera's anthology of Essays, The Anatomy of ATP and Other Essays, which was presented to the literary community of Bahir Dar City at Kuriftu Resort in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in April 2016.

  2. Ayenew Ayenew Guadu  (March, 2017), “Biblical & Folkloristic Allusions & Proverbs in Wolde's Defend the Name.” A paper presented at 4th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University. 

  3. Ayenew Guadu  (March 2018), “An Intertextual Analysis of an Epigraph in/to The Thirteenth Sun.” A Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University.

  4. Ayenew Guadu presented a review of Alemayehu Gelagai's Amharic novel, Befiqir Sim (In the Name of Love), during a book launching event organized by the Amharic Development Center at Bahir Dar University on May 30, 2017.

  5. Ayenew Guadu presented a seminar paper titled "Images of Superman in Selected Ethiopian Novels in English" at the weekly Friday Seminar held at the Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University, on December 24, 2020.

  6. Ayenew Guadu (March,2020), “Matriarchal Hospitality and Colonialism in Wolde Haile’s Defend the Name.”  A Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University. 

 

Hobbies and Interests 
  • watch movies 

  • Listening 

  • Traveling

  • Photography

  • Reading

  • Fitness and Yoga

  • Volunteer Work

  • Cooking and Culinary Exploration

  • Music

  • Art and Design


References
  1. Dr. Melakneh Mengistu, Associate Professor of Literature, Addis Ababa University. Email: mmdoc2015@gmail.com    Mobile: +251911687254     

  2. Dr. Tesfaye Dagnew , Associate Professor of Literature, Bahir Dar  University.

Email: tesfayedagnew@gmail.com             Mobile: +251918144850

  1. Dr. Zewdu Emiru , Assistant Professor of TEFL, V/President, Information & Strategic Communication, Bahir Dar University.

Email: zewduemiru@yahoo.comInstitutional email: Zewdu.Emiru@bdu.edu.et 

Mobile: +251918353494