Presentations

1997: "Language Planning and the Language of Education in Four Rapidly Transforming African Countries," The University of Michigan, CAAS Colloquium Series, November.

1997: "Managing Global Cooperation in Higher Education," Eleventh International Conference on Higher Education, Leicester, England, August.

1995-96: University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa: presentations on comparative study of race, ethnicity, and the language of education in African countries.

1995-96: University of Cape Town, South Africa: presentations on development and education.

1995: Addis Ababa University, Institute of Ethiopian Studies: "The Acculturation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel." December.

1994: "Staffing the African University: The Conflict of Political Expediency and Academic Imperatives," Seventh International Conference on Higher Education, Oslo, Norway, and Turku, Finland, July.

1993: "Toward Understanding the Education of Ethiopian Jews in Israel," Congress on "Between Africa and Zion," Venice, Italy, February 1-4.

1992: "The Economics of African Higher Education, " Sixth International Congress on Higher Education, The Carnegie Foundation, Washington, D.C., August 21-23.

1992: "Education in Northeast Africa Under Communist Rule, 1974-1991," Eighth World Congress of Comparative Education, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 8-14.

1992: "The Socialization of Ethiopian Jews in Israel," Eighth Annual Glickman-Galinson Symposium on Aliyot lnu-nigrants Past and Present, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, April 26.

1992: "Love-Hate Relations of U.S.A., Ethiopia, and Israel during the Mengistu Era, 1977- 199 I," Sixth Conference on Northeast African Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, April 23-25.

1991: "The Quality of Injustice: Bases for the Discrimination of the Falasha in Parts of Ethiopia," First International Congress on Prejudice, Discrimination, and Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel, July 1-4.

1991: "The Migration and Socialization of Ethiopians in Israel," Eleventh International Congress of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 1-7.

1991: "Israel's Educational Programs for African Immigrants," annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 14-17.

1989: "The Pretext of Conflict and War in the Horn of Africa," Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebet College, Ontario, Canada.

1989: "The People's Search for Solutions in the Current Crisis in Africa," Twelfth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

1988: "Language Policies in African Education," annual convention, American Educa- tional Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1988: "The World Bank and Africa's Search for Educational Innovation," annual convention, American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1988: "Divergent Systems of Admission Criteria to the Professional Training Institutions: A Case from Africa," Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Nashville, Tennessee.

1988: "The Challenge of Resocializing Ethiopian Jews in Israel: A Field Study," Xeme Conference International de Etudes Ethiopians, Paris: Institute de France.

1987: "Ethnocentrism and Education: The Role and Impact of International Organizations," Thirteenth International Conference of the Unity of Sciences and the New Cultural Order, Malaga, Spain.

1985: "Me International Politics of Displacement: The Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) in Israel," Annual Joint Meeting of the African Studies Association and the Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 23-26.

1983: "The Challenge of Education in African Transformation," Twelfth International Conference on the Unity f the Sciences, Chicago, Illinois.

1983: "Education and Social Change in Africa," Conference of the International Socio- logical Association, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, August 7-9.

1978: "The Influence of Family and Community on the Development of Exceptional Children in Africa," First World Congress on the Future of Special Education, Sterling, Scotland, June 25.

1978: "Attitudes that Inhibit the Development of Special Education Programs in African Societies," Fifty-Sixth Annual Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children, Kansas, May 2-5.

1977: "Education and Development in Africa and Latin America," Chair, Panel Discussion, First Joint Annual Conference of the Latin American and African Studies Associations, November 6.

1977: "Literacy and Development in Africa," Interview on The Voice of America, November 6.

1977: "Problems of Educational Development and the Political Will in Africa," Twentieth Annual Meeting, African Studies Association, Houston, Texas, November 2-5.

1977: "The Role of Adult Literacy in the Development of Africa," First Joint Annual Conference of the Latin American and African Studies Associations, Miami Beach, Florida, November 2-5.

1977: "Learning to Read Amharic and Its Functionality," Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Miami Beach, Florida, May 2-6.

1977: "Fascist Racism and Educational Policy in Ethiopia, 1936-1941," Ninth Annual Conference, African Heritage Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 21-24.

1977: "Hwnan Development from an African Perspective," Chair, Panel Discussion, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, April.

1976: "Education for Liberation," Association of Africans, Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, June 20.

1971: "Multiplicity of Holidays in Ethiopia: Implications for Development," Interdisciplinary Seminars, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 20.

1970: "Some Notes for the World of Work in Ethiopian Tradition," Annual conference, Ethiopian Historical Society, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 12.