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Biography: 

  • Born on 26 November 1969 in Bichena town, currently in East Gojjam Zone Administrative Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
  • Completed high school High school in 1987 at Belay Zeleke Secondary School Bichena
  • BA in history in November 1990 from Addis Ababa University
  • MA in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University
  • PhD in Social Work & Social Development in July 2014 from Adds Ababa University 

Awards and Honors ____

Teaching Experience 

  • High school – teaching history from Feb.1992 to March 2005
  • Bahir Dar University from August 2007 up to now
  • Taught courses to under graduate program students
  • In the Department of Rural Development: Rural Sociology, Gender & Development, Rural Infrastructure & Capacity Building 2007-2009
  • In the college of Medicine & Health Sciences – Introduction to Medical Anthropology in 2009
  • BSW courses: Contemporary Social Issues and Social Work, Migration, Refugee and Social Work Practice, Law for Social Workers, Criminal Justice Social Work,Correctional Rehabilitation & Administration, and Gerontology. 
  • MSW courses: Qualitative Research Methods, Social Work Theories & Methods, Contemporary Issues, Social Work with Individuals, Children & Family, Social Work Practice with Group, Community & Organizations. 
  • PhD course to Rural Development students – Qualitative Research Method
  • Thesis supervision – MSW students

Contribution in the University Affairs

  • Academic vice dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences,  October 2015 to September 2018
  • Bahir Dar University Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee Member & Secretary August 2020 up to now.
  • Course chair and member of the Department Council in the Department of Social Work September 2014 to Nov. 2018; January 2022 to March 2024.

Media briefing on 

  • An Overview of Older People in Ethiopia, 5 Sept. 2015.
  • Meddia briefing on Informal Community-Based Support to Older Adults, 23 October 2018

Deliver Trainings on   

  • Parenting style and child wellbeing to Belay Zeleke sub-city community members, Bahir Dar,  Dec. 11-13/2016 GC 
  • Parenting style and child wellbeing to GOs & NGOs, organized by Department of Social Work, BDU at Old Senate Hall, May 10-11/2016
  • Qualitative Research Methodology to post graduate students of the FSS at BDU, April 25-27/2017 
  • Research Methodology to Staffs of the Amhara Region Bureau of Labour & Social Affairs organized by the Amhara Region Bureau of Labour & Social Affairs, at Water Front Hotel, Bahir Dar. April 18-22, 2018 
  • Gender-Based Violence and the Roles of private sector actors Organized by Eyerusalem Child and Development Association, at Palm Palace Hotel, Bahir Dar, May 29/2019
  • Child Protection to school teachers and principals and experts working in the office of women and children’s affairs organized by Plan International, Bahir Dar Program at Injibara, Awi Zone, Nov. 16-17/2022
  • Child Protection to School Based Child protection Committees and Girls Advisory Committees teachers and female students” December 17-18/2022
  • Research Ethics to Bahir Dar University staffs, January – May 2024 

Manuscript review to the journal of

  •  Journal of Citizenship and Morality (JCM), Mekele University.
  • Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, FSS, Bahir Dar University
  • Educational Gerontology
  • Aging and Social Policy

Review and Prepare Masters and PhD curricula 

  • Prepare MSW curriculum a curriculum together with the committee in the Department of Social Work, Bahir Dar University, 2013-2014
  • Review PhD curriculum for Social Work & Social Development in the Department of Social Work, College of Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Gondar, 22 April 2017 
  • Review MA curriculum for Social Justice, Diversity & Media in the Department of Civic & Ethical Studies, Mekele University,  10 July 2019
  • Member of the curriculum Development committee and prepare PhD curriculum for Social Work & Social Development, Department of Social Work, Bahir Dar University, 2023 to 2024 

Research interests:

 Elder care, elder abuse, longevity – centenarian study, death and bereavement, youth unemployment, social protection, and community-based organizations, and social history from social work perspective. 

Research projects since joining BDU

  • Youth Unemployment & Labour Market in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, July 2023 to February 2024
  • Poster presentation at the 2012 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 58th Annual Program Meeting (APM) held Novemebr 9-12, in Washington , DC. 

Conferences Attended: 

Paper presentation 

  • Perspectives of Ethiopian elders on factors contributing to elder abuse: A phenomenological inquiry in The Second Social Science National Conference organized by the FSS, BDU, April 15-16/2016
  • Giving Voice to At-Risk Elders in a Developing Nation: Collecting Phenomenological Narratives.  A paper presented at the Sixth Social Sciences Conference, 9-10 April 2019, Bahir Dar 
  • Death is better than misery”: Elders accounts of abuse and neglect in Ethiopia, at the Fourth National Social Science Conference, Bahir Dar.
  • The Legacy of the Victory of Adowa. at the 120th Anniversary of the Adowa Victory organized by the Department of History & Heritage Mgt, BDU, March 1,  2017
  • The Victory of Adowa and treatment of Italian war prisoners in Ethiopia, At the 123rd Anniversary of the Adowa organized by FSS, Department of History & Heritage Management, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Mar. 1/2019
  • The Military Organization and Strategies of the Patriots Under the Leadership of Dej. Belay Zeleke A paper presented at the 78th Anniversary of Patriots’ Victory Day (5 May 2019), Bichena town. Organized by Debre Markos University & Bichena Town Administration.
  • Poster presentation by Margaret E. Adamek, Messay Kotecho, Samson Chane &     Getachew Gebeyaw. On Non-Response to Population Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gerontology Scholars Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov 10-13, 2021
  • Poster presentation by Samson Chane & Margaret E. Adamek on Centenarians  in the Global South: A View from Ethiopia, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov 10-13, 2021.

Presentation on seminars at Faculty level 

  • An overview of the situation of Ethiopian elders, April 2015
  •  Human Trafficking, May 2016
  •  The Military Organization and Strategies of the patriots under the leadership of Dej. Belay Zeleke Participants: Debre Markos University May 17/2019

Publications

Journal articles

Chane, S. & Adamek, M. (2015). Factors contributing to elder abuse in Ethiopia. Journal of Adult Protection, 17 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1108/JAP-07-2014-0026

Chane, S., & Adamek, M. (2015).  “Death is better than misery:” Elders’ accounts of abuse and neglect in Ethiopia. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 82, 54-78. doi: 10.1177/0091415015624226

Chane, S. & Adamek, M. (2017). Giving voice to at-risk elders in a developing nation: Collecting phenomenological narratives. SAGE Research Methods Case Studies. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526423542

Chane, S. (December 2019). The Military Organization and Strategies of the Patriots under the Leadership of Dejazmach Belay Zeleke, The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, 5(2), 1-23. 

Margaret E. Adamek, Messay Gebremariam Kotecho, Samson Chane & Getachew Gebeyaw (2021). Challenges and Assets of Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives of Gerontology Scholars, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2021.1927614 

Chane,S. & Margaret E. Adamek. (Novemebr 2021). Profiles of Ethiopian centenarians: A qualitative inquiry. Anthropology & Aging.  Vol 42 No 2, ISSN 2374-2267 (online) DOI 10.5195/aa.2021.336 http://anthro-age.pitt.edu

 Chane, S. & Margaret E. Adamek. 2024). “I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions. Journal of Ageing and Longevity. 4(3), 264–273.  

Chane, S. & Eskezia, G. 2024. A History of Bichena Giyorgis (Arogew Bichena) Town: The Former Capital of Gojjam Proper c.1670s to 1850s. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences. BDU            10(1), 85-109.

Book chapters 

Adamek, M., Chane, S., & Kotecho, M. (2020). Family and kin care of elders in sub-Saharan Africa.  In M. Pranitha & Z. Mokomane (Eds.). Ageing and elderly care in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: Routledge. 

Chane  , Samson. 2021. Building Capacities of Iddirs to Assist Poor Older Adults, 166-184. In Wassie Kebede & Alice K. Butterfield (Eds.), Engaged Research in Social Development: Exemplars and Guidelines for Social Work and Human Services.iUniverse Press. 

Messay Gebremariam K., Samson  C., Getachew Gebeyaw, Abraham Zelalem, Meriem Dawud, and Margaret E. Adamek. 2021. Life Is Hard and Getting Harder: The Experience of Aging in Ethiopia. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76501-9_4

            

 

 

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