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Assistant Professor

 

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Personal information

Name

Mossa Endris Ahmed (Ph.D, Associate Professor in Social Anthropology)

Physical address

Bahir Dar 

Telephone

+251 918 71 64 73

P.O.Box:

5501, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

E-mail

yemusa@yahoo.com

Nationality

Ethiopian

Date of birth

May 10, 1979

 

Work experience

 

Dates (from-to)

Name and address of employer

 

Position held

Main activities and responsibilities

 

01 November 2017-till now

Bahir Dar University, Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security  Studies

Vice-Director, Post Graduate, Research and Community Service

  • Plan (short term, long term), follow up the implementation and report the graduate program activities
  • Prepare standard, framework, guidelines, and strategies        for enhancing PG programs
  • Follow up the students’ progress from admissions to graduation
  • Initiate and monitor the development of new programs, and establish a system for reviewing of existing postgraduate programs and curricula based on needs and national priorities
  • Prepare capacity building programs for postgraduate students and staff
  • Promote and work on internalization of programs
  • Follow up PhD students’ progress report
  • Ensure the relevance of postgraduate students’ research with the thematic areas of the universities
  • Lead biweekly research seminars and makes sure active participation of graduate students
  • Lead annual and other related research seminars, conferences and ensure active participation of graduation students
  • Announce research calls, assign evaluators and award research grants by giving priorities to researchers that incorporate graduate students
  • Provide support and follow up for research projects and report the performance to respective offices
  • Initiate research projects and grant writings
  • Plan, coordinate and monitor the community services and technology transfer activities and report the performance accordingly
  • Perform other activities assigned by the dean

 

 

Dates (from-to)

 

 

25 January 2014-30 October 2017

 

Name and address of employer

 

Position held

 

Main activities and responsibilities

Ph.D.  in Anthropology (Social Anthropology) in Visakhapatnam, India 

Bahir Dar University, Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security  Studies

Lecturer + Coordinator, Graduate Program of Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development Department

  • Develop the department graduate program in collaboration with the staff
  • Review and revise the program whenever the need arises
  • Supervise and coordinate all activities of the programs
  • Approve examination papers and review and endorse grades
  • Prepare periodic reports on its activities and submit the same to the AC.
  • Appoint a research advisor for each graduate student.
  • Appoint members of examining board for thesis, dissertation and other qualifying examinations for approval by the AC

Dates (from – to)

March 4, 2007- July 27,2010

Name and address of employer

Bahir Dar University, Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies

Position held

Lecturer + Head 

Main activities and responsibilities     

 

  • Directs the teaching and research activities of the department
  • Promotes the enhancement of the quality and relevance of teaching and research in the department
  • Initiates proposals for deliberations by DAC on matters within the jurisdiction of the latter
  • Follows up and executes the decisions and recommendations of the AC and the DAC
  • Seeks to provide opportunities for educational and professional development of the staff and students of the department
  • Ensures the efficient running of the department
  • Create conducive atmosphere for the expansion of academic and research efforts in the department
  • Prepares relevant information on the teaching, research and service capabilities of the department and disseminates the same

Dates (from – to)

June 9, 2003 to October 2, 2004

Name and address of employer

Dembiya Woreda Information and Public Relation Office

Position held

Public Relation Expert

Main activities and responsibilities

  • Serve as spokesperson of the office
  • Create awareness creation of government policies, strategies, and proclamations
  • Mobilize human resources and materials for development of the woreda
  • Arrange forums for discussion of local, regional, and national issues
  • Create coordination with other development sectors for a common goals
  • Prepare local magazines, brochures
  • Enhance the growth of good administrations and democracy

Dates (from – to)

September 11, 2002 to June 9, 2003

Name and address of employer

Amhara National Regional State Technical and Vocational Education and Training Commission, Kolla Diba TVET

Position held

Teacher (10+1 and 10+2 trainees)

Main activities and responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dates (from-to)

Name and address of employer

Position held

 

Main duties and responsibilities

  • Teach civic and ethical education based on the plans
  • Lead the civic and ethical education department as head
  • Run Civics Club as head in order to build democracy and produce responsible citizens
  • Solve students problem through providing advise
  • Work with students representatives so as to run the teaching and learning process
  • Serve as a bridge between students and teachers in democratic manner
  • Arrange apprenticeship program

October 25, 2000 to September 11, 2002

North Gondar Administrative Zone Education Office, Dembiya Woreda Education Office

Teacher and Department Head (Kolla Diba and Gorgora Senior Secondary Schools)

  • Prepare daily, half year, and annual plan of the courses
  • Provide appropriate education according to the prepared plans
  • Lead history department as head
  • Participate in various committees and clubs like Test Administrative Committee, Environment Club
  • Cooperate with other academic and administrative staffs, and students for smooth run of the teaching-learning process

 

 

Education and training

 

EDUCATION 

 

 

Dates (from – to)

January 25, 2014-till now

Organization providing training

Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, India

Principal subjects/skills covered

Anthropology (Social Anthropology)

Title of qualification 

Ph.D. 

 

 

Dates (from – to)

September 2004 to November 2006/7

Organization providing training

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

Principal subjects/skills covered

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Title of qualification 

Master of Art in Social Anthropology

 

 

Dates (from – to)

November 1996 to June 2000

Organization providing training

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Principal subjects/skills covered

Major: History (None-Teaching), and Minor: English

Title of qualification 

Bachelor of Art in History

 

 

TRAINING

 

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Title of qualification

 

Dates (from-to)

May 15-20,2023

USAID Response Leadeship Activity, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Advanced Disaster Risk Management Leadership

Certificate

 

May 09-13,2023

USAID Response Leadership Activity, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Basic Disaster Risk Management

Certificate of Completion

 

05 Dec 2022-09 Dec.2022

FEED THE FUTURE/USAID-Policy Link

Leadership for Inclusive & Participatory Policy Process

Certificate of Accomplishment 

 

February 26-March 8/2019

USAID

2019 DHS Fellows Data Analysis Workshop

Certificate

 

April 19 to June 03/2017

USAID-Save the Children

Household Economic Approach (HEA) Training, Fieldwork and Analysis

Certificate

 

June to July 5, 2017

USAID-Save the Children

HEA Team Leaders Training and Led One Livelihood Zone

Certificate

 

April 2017-August 2017

USAID

Household Economic Approach Training; Amhara Baseline Data

Certificate

 

29 June-3 July

Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Community Risk Assessment: Focus on Informal Settlements

Certificate

 

November 5-7, 2014

Information Training & Outreach Center for Africa (ITOCA), Cornell University’s Mann Library and Research4Life Programmes

An Electronic Library Training Workshop on TEEAL and AGORA

Certificate of Completion

 

22 September-10 October 2014

Center for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, Netherland

An International Course on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security

Certificate

04-10 September 2014

College of Business and Economics, Bahir Dar University

Data Development, Management and Analysis using STATA

Certificate

 

May 20-24, 2013

Organization providing training 

 

World Food Program and Government of Ethiopia: Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector-MoA

Principal subjects/skills covered

 

Application of Livelihoods Early Assessment and Protection (LEAP) software

Title of qualification

Certificate

 

 

Dates (from – to)

April 15-26, 2013

Organization providing training

Center for Development Innovation (CDI) of Wageningen UR, Addis Ababa

Principal subjects/skills covered

An international course on Linking Emergency Aid to Food and Nutrition Security

Title of qualification 

Certificate 

 

 

Dates (from – to)

September 30, 2006 to December 3, 2006

Organization providing training

Ethiopian Volunteers Association for Development

Principal subjects/skills covered

General Management and Administrative Courses

Title of qualification 

Certificate of Completion

 

 

 

Dates (from – to)

 

January 2000 to June 2000

Organization providing training

Institute of Ethiopian Studies-Ethnographic Museums

Principal subjects covered

Inventorying and Cataloguing

Title of qualification 

 

Dates (from-to)

Organization providing training principles subjects covered

Title of qualifications

 

Dates (from-to)

Organization providing training

Principles subjects covered

 

Title of qualifications

Certificate of Completion

 

May 2003  to 23, 2003

International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)

Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) Teacher Training Workshop-Bahir Dar

Certificate of Participation

 

October 29, 2007 to January 3, 2008

Bahir Dar University (Academic Development and Resource Center)

Active Learning Methods of Instruction and Measurement and Evaluation in Higher Learning Institutions

Certificate of Participation

 

 

 

Education

Study Area

Obtained From

Graduation Year

Cumulative GPA

Secondary School

Major: Natural Science 

Addis Zemen Senior High School, Addis Zemen, Ethiopia

1996

-

B.A. 

Major: History

Minor: English

Addis Ababa University-Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2001

-

M. A.

Social Anthropology

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 2006

-

Ph.D.

Social Anthropology

Andhra University, India

2014

-

 

 

Personal skills and competences

 

 

Language skills: 

Amharic: fluent written and spoken 

English: fluent written and spoken

2nd Level driving license 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS & EXPERIENCE

Research interests:-     

     Livelihoods , Food and Nutrition Security

     Gender (Disaster and Development)

     Social Issues and Conflicts 

     Community based Disaster Risk Management

 

OTHER RELEVANT DATA

  • August 17, 2006- Diploma in PC Application Software, SPSS, STATA

 

PUBLICATIONS  

  1. Melkamu Sete Wereta and Mossa Endris Ahmed.2024. Review on social protection schemes in rural Ethiopia. Vol. (No.) 22/2, Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems.
  2. Eticha Abebe Abera, Ahmed Endris Mossa. 2020. The food insecurity status of pastoral and  agro-pastoral households in Ethiopia. Vol. (No.) 10(4), Holistic Approach to Environment.
  3. Abdisalan Ahmed Mahamoud and Mossa Endris Ahmed. 2019. The social consequences of pastoralist sedenterisation schemes in Somali Regional State, Ethiopia; Vol. (No.) 17(4), Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems.
  4. Mossa Endris Ahmed and Mohammed Ahmed Bihi.2019. Indigenous knowledge for resilience and adaptation in pastoral production system of Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. Vol. (No.) 17(4), Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems.
  5. Ahmed M (2019) Contribution of Seed Producer Cooperatives in Livelihoods Promotions from Gender Perspectives in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Arts Social Sci J 10:445.
  6. Zerihun Yohannes Amare, Mossa Endris Ahmed, Adey Belete Meharie.2019. Determinants of nutritional status among children under age 5 in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic Survey. Globalization and Health 15(62).
  7. Aregawi Lemlem, Melkamu Alemayehu, and Mossa Endris. 2019. Diversification of livelihoods through date palm production in Agro-pastoral areas of Afar region, Ethiopia; Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems 17(1), 162-176, 2019, INDECS Publisher.
  8. Aregawi Lemlem, Melkamu Alemayehu, and Mossa Endris. 2018. Date Palm Production Practices and Constraints in the Value Chain in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, Advances in Agriculture, Hindawi Publisher.
  9. Asaye Yismaw and Mossa Endris (2015). The Causes of Road Traffic Accidents in Bahir Dar Citt, Ethiopia; International Journal of African and Asian Studies, Vol.11, Pp 99-107.
  10. Markos B, Mossa E, Temesgen T, Belayneh A (2014) Participatory Community Risk and School Safety Assessment: The Case of Ebinat and Dembiya Woredas, Gondar Administrative Zones, Amhara National Regional State. Prepared by Bahir Dar University, Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development Program to Plan International-Ethiopia, Bahir Dar Regional Office. Asian Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 2014, pp. 169-190.
  11. Mossa Endris A. (2012) “Vulnerability of Rural Female-Headed Households to Poverty: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda, Ethiopia,” EXCEL International Journal of Multidisciplinary Management Studies, Vol. 12, Issue, November 2012, pp. 148-164.
  12. Mossa Endris A. and P. Vijaya Prakash (2012) “Formation and Social Status of Rural Female Headships: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda, Ethiopia,” Asian Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities, Volume 2, Issue 8 (August 2012), pp. 181-200.
  13. ________________________________ (2012) “Female-Headed Households and Survival Strategies: A Study on Libo Kemkem People of Ethiopia,” Asian Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities, Volume 2, Issue 8 (August 2012), pp. 201-219.
  14. _________________________________ (2012) “Access of Rural Female-Headed Households to Land in Ethiopia: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda” A Journal of Radix International Educational and Research Consortium, Volume 1, Issue 7 (July 2012), PP. 1-30.
  15. Mossa Endris A. (2012) “Gender and Labour in Rural Ethiopia: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda,” Asian Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities, Volume 2, Issue 8 (August 2012), pp.211-223.
  16. _________________ (2010) Status of Female-Headed Households in Rural Ethiopia: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH and Co. KG.

            National Seminar

 

UNPUBLISHED

  1. Mossa E, Temesgen T, Markos B, Belayneh A (2013) School Safety Guideline in Ethiopia: Perspectives from Gondar Administratve Zones, Amhara National Regional State. Prepared by Bahir Dar University, Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development Program to Plan International-Ethiopia, Bahir Dar Regional Office. 
  2. Mossa Endris Ahmed (2010) “Rural Women in Agriculture: Ethiopian Experience.” National Seminar on Inclusive Growth and Social Tensions, 6-7th October, 2010; Department of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
  3. Mossa Endris (2007) Socio-Cultural and Economic Status of Rural Female-headed Households: The Case of Libo Kemkem Woreda, North Western Ethiopia. M.A. Thesis in Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University.
  4. Mossa Endris (2003) A Short Histroy and Social Life of Negede Woitos: The Case of Dembiya Woreda. Dembiya Information Office, Kola Diba.
  5. Mossa Endris (2000) A History of Addis Zemen Town from 1950-1992. B.A. Thesis in History, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University.

Community Service Provided

  • Participating on organizing unemployed youths on Solid Waste Management at Zenzelima Kebele Administration (2009-2012 E.C.).
  • Participating on coordination of supporting Zenzelima First Cycle Primary School in training, material assistance and teachers development (2009-2012 E.C.).

awards

  • award of the year 2019 demographic and health surveys (dhs) training fellowships funded by united states agency for international development (usaid) 
  • award of carp research subgrant agreements of periperi u partners IN 2023/2024
  • award of research on drought patterns, consequences and resilience of Sahala woreda of wag-hemra, amahar national regional state in 2022 (as PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)

 

 

 

modules prepared for distance learners for undergraduate students

 

  • introduction to sociology 
  • sociology of risk
  • anthropogenic hazards (part i)
  • perception and identification of risk
  • community based disaster risk management
  • emergency and risk management 
  • gender and children in disasters

 

oTHERS

  • Bulletin and Brochures on various cross cutting Issues

 

MEMBERSHIP 

  • Ethiopian Society of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
  • Society of History-Ethiopia


 

REFEREES

 

  1. Professor P. Vijaya Prakash 

Vice Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher   

Education

Andhra University

Hyderabad, India

P.O. BOX:  530003          

Telephone: +919849334310

E-mail     prakash.peethala@yahoo.com

  1. Dr. Abraham Mebrat Asmare

Institute of Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University 

P.O. BOX: 5501         

Telephone: +251 911104685

E-mail: Abraham.mebrat@gmail.com

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

 

  1. Dr. Hirut Terefe

Addis Ababa University

Social Sciences College

Social Anthropology Department

P.O.Box: 1176

Addis Ababa-Ethiopia   

 

  1. Dr. Alula Pankhurst

Young Life, Non-Government International Organization

Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia