Teshome Gebremichael Wagaw

Previous Positions

Teaching
1976-present: Professor of Education and Afroamerican and African Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1969-74: Associate Professor of Education and Psychology, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1965-66: Assistant Professor of Education and Psychology and Student Teaching Supervisor, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

1964-65: Instructor, psychology and education, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Campus.

Administrative
1978: Interim Director, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, The University of Michigan.

1969-74: Chairman, Department of Psychology, Haile Selassie I University.

1967-69: Dean of Students, Haile Selassie I University.

1966-67: Director, Ethiopian University Service.

Research
1976-93: Research Scientist, Center for Research on Economic Development, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, The University of Michigan.

1989-90: Annenberg Institute Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1986-87: Research Fellow, The Truman Institute for the Study of Peace, Jerusalem, Israel.

Visiting positions
1996: Visiting Professor, Institute for the Study of Alternative Education for South Africa, Faculty of Education, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

1996: Visiting Scholar, University of Durban-Westville, Kwazulu/Natal.

1995: Visiting Professor, Addis Ababa University (formerly Haile Selassie I University), Ethiopia.

1986-87: Fulbright Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

1973-74: Visiting Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Other positions
1959-65: International radio broadcaster, Voice of America, Washington, D.C.

1950-55: Teacher and administrator in various parts of Ethiopia.

Consulting
1985-86: Government of Israel: Ministry of Education.

1983-85: The World Bank: reviewed effectiveness of the Bank's education and training programs in Sub-Saharan African countries over a 22-year period. Part I of the report was published in 1983; Part II, in 1985.

1981-82: International Cultural Foundation on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS): a series of lectures given throughout Japan and Korea on international development.

1981: In cooperation with the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, conducted a seminar series with Egyptian policy makers and educators in Assuit, Alexandria, and Cairo on human resources development.

1981: Consultant to UNESCO as one of 30 invited specialists in formulating Volume VII (Culture and Education) in the "General African History" series; contributed a chapter to the volume with Ali Niazrui (see Publications, 1985).

1971-72: Government of Ethiopia, Ministry of Education and Culture: education sector review study (see Publications, 1972).

1969-70: United Nations Economic Conunission for Africa (LJNECA) consulted on development and utilization of high-level manpower in African countries; travelled extensively in East, West, and North African countries, visiting colleges and universities and holding discussions with professors and administrators.

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