Contact Information : 

Telephone: 0918701715 E-mail: ademchanie@gmial.com or Adem.Chanie@bdu.edu.et   

About

Joined in 2005, Adem Chanie (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the department of Journalism and Communications at Bahir Dar University.

Current position at BDU:  Vice Dean, Faculty of Humanities

Field of specialization:     Communication Studies

Research interest: Media and Communication for Development and Social Change; Media, Democracy and Development; Public Relations and Crisis communication

Community service interest: Crisis communication, public relations and communication for development issues such as environmental communication, health communication

List of Publications:

• Language, Ethnicity and Intergroup Relations in a Multilingual Setting: The Case of AAU Students. 2010. Published in VDM Publishing House Ltd, Mauritus. Printed in USA and UK.
• Analysis of Approaches of Communication for Social Change: The Case of Amhara National Regional State Women Affairs Bureau. Published in the Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 13, No.3, 2011). Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania. ISSN: 1520-5509
• Analysis of Approaches of Communication in the Fight against HIV/AIDs in Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Bahir Dar University Anti- HIV/AIDs Movements (Ethiopia. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies Volume: 2 – Issue: 4 – October – 2012. (Co-authored).
• Conceptions and Approaches of Development: A Study of a Local Development Organization in Ethiopia, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Vol.18, No.5, 2016, (Co-authored).
• Factors Affecting Participatory Communication for Development: The Case of A Local Development Organization In Ethiopia. Malaysian Journal of Communication Volume, 33(1) 2017. (Co-authored).
• A Critical Analysis of Amhara Development Association's Development Activities with a Framework of Participatory Development Communication Model. The Internet Journal Language, Culture and Society. Issue 43, 2017. (Co-authored).
• Demystifying Participatory Development Communication: Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA), Ethiopia in Focus(accepted for Publication).