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Mekonnen H/Mariam Zikargae (PhD)
Academic Rank
Assistant Professor
Contact Information : 
Telephone: +251913585523 E-mail: mekonnen.hailemariam@bdu.edu.et; Kebreabmeko2a@yahoo.com

First name: Mekonnen
Middle name: Hailemariam
Last name: Zikargae
Position:Assistant Professor
Department: Journalism and Communications
Office: G1R1/B-156
Phone: +251913585523
Professional Qualifications

PhD (Bahir Dar, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)

MEd (Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

BA (Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

 

 E-mail: mekonnen.hailemariam@bdu.edu.et; Kebreabmeko2a@yahoo.com
Academic Rank: 

  • Assistant Professor of Media, Journalism and Communication
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Media and Communication
  • Lecturer
  • Assistant Lecturer
  • Assistant Graduate II
  • Assistant Graduate I

Faculty: Humanities
Department: Journalism and Communications
Field of specialization:
 

  1. PhD in Media and Communication, Bahir Dar University, Humanities, Journalism and Communications, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia                                           Dissertation: Participatory Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia: The Case of Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (Ph.D. Dissertation), 2018-2022.
  2. PhD Research Fellow, NORPART 2016/10471:' Enhancing Norway- Ethiopia Relations in Journalism and Communication Education and Research' NLA University College, Dep. Of Journalism and Media Studies NLA Kristiansand, Gimlekollen, Norway MA in Global Journalism, Global Media Ethics, NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway
  3. PhD program course: Emergent Futures: Development, Planning and Communication (5 ECTS) University of Agder, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Global Development and Planning, Kristiansand, Norway
  4. MEd Multicultural and Multilingual Education, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;                                                                                                            Thesis: Cognition and Affect in Cross-Cultural Communication. The Case of AAU
  5. Higher Diploma Program, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
  6. BA Ethiopian Languages and Literature (Culture and Communication), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia                                                                       Senior Essay:Use of Infographis in Minilik and Reporter Newspapers
  7. Others: African Civic Engagement; Specialization Diploma in Human Rights Education, Hospitality management; Humanitarian’s; Crisis & risk communication; Conflict analysis; Conflict management and negotiation; Human Rights

Completed research projects:

  1. Participatory Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia: The Case of Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (Ph.D. Dissertation), 2018-2022.
  2. Specification and design on establishment of spring water bottling factory in Ambassel Woreda, north Wollo Zone (Client: Amhara Development Association) February 2019-August 2020
  3. Feasibility study for the establishment of water bottling plant in Ambassel Woreda, north Wollo Zone (Client: Amhara Development Association) June 2018-February 2019
  4. NORPART 2016/10471: Enhancing Norway- Ethiopia Relations in Journalism and Communication Education and Research' NLA University College, Kristiansand, Gimlekollen, Norway, Feb 26, 2018-May 22, 2018.
  5.  Focal Person of Family Guidance Association Ethiopia (FGAE) at BDU
  6. Regular Standing Committee member and resource mobilization of FGAE
  7. Founder, Developer and Coordinator: improving the sanitation condition around the “Mariam Church” by involving religious students using community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), 2015-2018
  8. Tourists’ intercultural communication competence and its implication for sustainable development in the highest tourist destination sites of Ethiopia.
  9. Cognition and affect in cross-cultural communication: The case of Addis Ababa University students (MEd)

Research interest:

  1. Media: media and gender, social media, mainstream media, information and media, journalism and media, NGOs and media, media organization, media and social change, media representation, media and environment, media and climate change, media and social inclusion, media and politics, media and technology, media and development and media policy.
  2. Communication: intercultural communication, climate communication, participatory communication, development communication, risk communication, crisis communication, malaria and polio communication, population communication, environmental communication, participatory environmental communication, health communication, environmental education, stakeholders participation, political communication, organizational communication, global and multicultural communication, ecosystem services.
  3. Journalism: contemporary journalism, environmental journalism, climate journalism, development journalism, citizen journalism, disinformation and misinformation, journalism and globalization, media ethics, global journalism.
  4.  Public relations: marketing communication, corporate communication, corporate and governmental public relations, publics’ communication behaviors, the use of social media in public relations, the media relations process, and public relations counseling, advertising and public relations.

Community service interest:

Training on media literacy, journalism, digital journalism, citizen journalism, public relation, communication, health communication, conflict management and negotiation.

Employment (BDU): [2004 -until present]:

  1. Assistant Prof. in Journalism, Media, Public Relations, & Communication, Bahir Dar University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Journalism and Communications; PhD candidate in Media and Communication: Research examiner, Advisor, Mentor, and Program Unit Coordinator, project Coordinator at BDU, volunteering Family Guidance Association Ethiopia (Regular standing committee resource mobilization, Focal person), and Volunteering at Amhara Development Association (Project coordinator);
  2. Lecturer, Bahir Dar University, Humanities, Department of Journalism and Communications; Course chair, Mentor, Program Unit Coordinator;
  3. Assistant Lecturer, Bahir Dar University, Education Faculty, Department of Journalism and Communications;
  4. Graduate Assistant II, Bahir Dar University, Education Faculty, Department of Journalism and Communications; and
  5. Graduate Assistant I, Bahir Dar University, Education Faculty, Department of Journalism and Communications

List of Publications:

 

  1. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. and Bzuayehu M.  (2023). Assessing the Journalists’ Practice since the Political Reform of Ethiopia: Amhara Television in Focus. Review in Progress.
  2. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. and Fassika S.(2023).Exploring health communication strategies to embrace the risks of COVID-19 in health centers’ of Ethiopia. Review in Progress.
  3. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z., Amnuel Gebru W. and Terje Skjerdal. (2022). Experiences with the viability of participatory environmental communication as a pragmatic instrument for implementing rural community projects of non-governmental organizations in Ethiopia. Review in Progress.
  4. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2022).Critical analysis of identities influencing ethical issues and challenges of journalism practices: The cases of Africa and Arab media political scenarios in the digital age. Book Chapter Review in Progress.
  5. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2022). Empirical Studies of Environmental Communication: Participatory Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia: Viability of Community Projects. Benjamin Academic Publishing. ISBN:978-620-8-00013-4.
  6. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z., Amnuel Gebru W. and Terje Skjerdal. (2022). Assessing the roles of stakeholders in nongovernmental organizations community projects on environmental security and livelihood of impoverished rural society. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10987
  7. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2022). A stakeholder’s participation process to combat water hyacinth in Eastern Africa: The case of Lake Tana.In Suratman, M.Z. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.  IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.108006
  8. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2022).Risk communication, ethics and academic integrity in the process of minimizing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Ethiopian Higher Education. Cogent Education,9(1),DOI10.1080/2331186X.2022.2062892
  9. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z., Amnuel Gebru W. and Terje Skjerdal. (2022).Environmental Conflicts as Key Factors Influencing Participatory Environmental Communication and Sustainable Development of a Rural Society. Conflict Resolutions Quarterly, DOI: 10.1002/crq.21339
  10. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z., Amnuel Gebru W. and Terje Skjerdal. (2022). Empowering Rural Society through Non-Formal Environmental Education: An Empirical Study of Environment and Forest Development Community Projects in Ethiopia. Heliyon, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09127
  11. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z., Amnuel Gebru W. and Terje Skjerdal. (2022).A critical analysis of a local non-governmental organization community-based environment and forest development programs and its implication for sustainable development: evidences of participatory environmental communication in Ethiopia. African Identities. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2021.1965540
  12. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z.(2021). Assessment of Applying Global Instruments in Nongovernmental Organizations for Environmental Security and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries. Education Research International. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9135290
  13. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2020). COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Assessment of How the Ethiopian Government has Executed Administrative Actions and Managed Risk Communications and Community Engagement. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 13.2803-2810.DOI:10.2147/RMHP.S278234
  14. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2018). A systematic review of studies on Facebook as a social forum, IJRDO -Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 3(8).
  15. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2018). Analysis of environmental communication and its implication for sustainable development in Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 634:1593–1600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.050
  16. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2017). Situation analysis of health risk factors/behaviors of HIV/STIs infections and key communication strategy among Ethiopian higher education students: The case of Bahir Dar University. The Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 43:1-9.
  17. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z.and Adem Chanie A. (2017).A critical analysis of Amhara Development Association’s development activities with a framework of participatory development communication model. The Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 43: 57-65.
  18. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z.(2016). Tourists’ intercultural communication competence and its implication for sustainable development in the highest tourist destination sites of Ethiopia. The Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 42:79-90.
  19. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z.(2016). Development Journalism as an agent of change or means to political power in Africa: A focus on Ethiopian perspective. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 18 (5):30-39.
  20. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z.(2013). The Impacts of Ethnocentrism and Stereotype on Inter-Cultural Relations of Ethiopian Higher Education Student. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 3(4). 126-148. https://doi.org/10.29333/ojcmt/2450
  21. Mekonnen Hailemariam Z. (2010). Cognition and Affect in Cross-Cultural Communication: The Case of Addis Ababa University. U.S.A: VDmVerlag Dr.MllerAktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.ISBN:978-3-639-28236-8.

 Contributions:

  1. Amhara Development Association (ADA), material preparation on communication, community awareness and education, 2023
  2. Certified: Conference Organizing Committee at the Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University; 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, March 22th -23th, 2023.
  3. Ethiopia Food and Drug Authority validation workshop: Vaccine safety risk communication, Adama, 2021
  4. Certified: Conference Organizing Committee at the Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University; 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, March 11th -12th, 2020.
  5. Certified: Project Coordinator: Specification and design on establishment of spring water bottling factory in Ambassel Woreda, north Wollo Zone (Client: Amhara Development Association) February 2019-August 2020, BiT-Bahir Dar University University Industry Linkage and Community Service Office(Sep 17,2020)
  6. Certified: Conference Organizing Committee at the Faculty of Humanities, Bahir Dar University; 6th International Conference on Language, Culture and Communication, Mar 13-14, 2019.
  7. Certified: Bahir Dar and Western Gojam Hagere-Sibket for Community Led Sanitation and Hygiene coordination and supervision (Oct 2018)
  8. Certified: Workshop Organizing Committee at the Faculty of Humanities, Journalism and Communications Department, Bahir Dar University, 23rd Nov, 2018.
  9. Recognition: Coordination and Supervision: Project design, planning, advocacy, lobbying and supervision of Project entitled Community Led Sanitation and Hygiene, Research and Community Services Vice President’s Office (June 5th,2018)
  10. Certified: Community Service Intervention in Bahir Dar Chamber of Commerce  and Sectoral Association, Research and Community Services Vice President’s Office (August 24th,2018)
  11. Lifelong volunteer, Family Guidance Association Ethiopia, Dec 2016.
  12. Program Unit Coordinator, BDU-Distance Education, Mar 11, 2007 E.C-Aug 13, 2011.
  13. Full membership: International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan
  14. Certified: University female students Life skills Trainer(ToT)-rolling since 2013 to present
  15. Ethiopian Teacher Association
  16. Worked as V/P of Ethiopian Writers Association of Bahir Dar city
  17. Certified: Conference Organizing Committee at Abay Culture and Development Research Center,  Bahir Dar University
  18. Certified: Conference Organizing Committee at Amharic Development Institution, Bahir Dar University
  19. Expatriate Academic staff housing committee coordinator, 2010 E.C and 2011 E.C, Bahir Dar University
  20. Certified: Interview on campus life experience, Amhara Mass Media Agency (2010 E.C)
  21. Certified: Project Coordinator: Feasibility study for the establishment of water bottling plant in Ambassel Woreda, north Wollo Zone (Client: Amhara Development Association) June 2018-February 2019, BiT-Bahir Dar University University Industry Linkage and Community Service Office(Apr 18,2019)
  22. Mentor: BA and MA students, 2011 E.C

 Trainings:

  1. African Civic Engagement, African Civic Engagement Academy, University of Georgia
  2. Certified: Entrepreneurship, Bahir Dar University.
  3. Certified: Integrated Early Childhood Development Programming for Young Vulnerable Children, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  4. Certified: Introduction to Early Childhood Development, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  5. Certified: Improving the Lives of Young Vulnerable Children and Their Caregivers, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  6. Certified: Tuberculosis-Advanced Concepts, USAID & Jhon Hopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  7. Certified: Malaria, USAID & Jhon Hopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  8. Certified: Ebola Virus Disease: Awareness and Precautions for Peacekeeping Personnel; Peace Operations Training Institute.
  9. Certified: Special Considerations for Highly Vulnerable Children and Their Caregivers, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  10. Certified: Creating an Enabling Environment for Young Children and Their Caregivers, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  11. Certified: Knowledge Management (KM) in Global Health Programs, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  12. Certified: HIV/AIDS Surveillance, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  13. Certified: M&E of Holistic ECD Programs, USAID & JhonHopekins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  14. Certified: Developing Cultural Competency, Advocacy Unlimited, INC, CONNECTICUT.
  15. Certified: Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation, Middle Sex Children’s Advocacy Center’s 51A Mandated Reporter Training.
  16. Certified: Specialization Diploma in Education to Human Rights, VOLONTARIATO IN TERNAZIONALE.
  17. Certified: Age, Gender and Security Approach, UNHCR.
  18. Certified: Basic Security in the Field,
  19. Certified: Conflict Management and Negotiation, ISN.
  20. Certified: Conflict Analysis, United Nations Institute of Peace.
  21. Certified: Negotiation and Conflict Management, United Nations Institute of Peace.
  22. Certified: Humanitarianism Part I, Applying Key Principles, DisasterReady.org,
  23. Certified: Humanitarianism Part II, Applying Key Standards, DisasterReady.org,
  24. Certified: Combating Trafficking in Human Rights, ISN.
  25. Certified: Introduction to Results-Based Program Management Course and assessment, UNHCR.
  26. Certified: Oxfam-Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) in WASH Emergencies, Oxfam GB.
  27. Certified: Public Health, UNHCR.
  28. Certified: Introduction Communication Science, University of Amsterdam.
  29. Certified: CDC’s Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication, CDC.
  30. Certified: Project Planning, Cegos.
  31. Certified: Training Workshop on Project Identification, Planning, Monitoring   and Evaluation. Bahir Dar University.
  32. Certified: Security in the Information Age, ISN.
  33. Certified: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), UNCHR.
  34. Certified: Climate Change, UN: Learn.
  35. Certified: Customer Relationship Management, hp.
  36. Certified: Presenting Data, hp.
  37. Certified: Population Communication, Ministry of Finance, Economic and Development (MoFED) & Bureau of Finance, Economic and Development (BoFED), Ethiopia.
  38. Certified: Learner Centered Methods of Instruction & Measurement and Evaluation in Higher Learning Institutions, BDU.
  39. Certified: IT and Computer Basics, Diploma, SolmiNet Information Technology.
  40. Certified: STATA, SPSS, Bahir Dar University
  41. Certified: Life skills (ToT), Bahir Dar University Gender office.
  42. Certified: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition and Vedio editing software’s, Bahir Dar University.
  43. Certified: Course on Caring for Infants and Children with Acute Malnutrition, International Malnutrition Task Force, University of Southampton.

Supervision: 

  1. Asfachew Eshetie. 2023. Phenomenological Analysis of Communication Intervention by Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations for the Rehabilitation in the Aftermath war conflict Trauma in Ethiopia: The Case of North Wollo and North Gondar
  2. Yohannes Ayalew. 2023. Assessment of the Potential Use of Social Media in the Teaching-Learning Process at Public Universities in Ethiopia: In the Case of Wollo University: The Case of Wollo University. Bahir Dar University
  3. Yehenew Wagachew.
  4. Fassika Shumye. 2022.Examining the Role of Health Communication in Combating Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Bahir Dar City Health Center. Bahir Dar University
  5. Bzuayehu Musback. 2022. Assessing the Journalists’ Practice since the Political Reform of Ethiopia: Amhara Television in Focus. Bahir Dar University

 Reviews:

  1. Certified: Bahir Dar Journal of Education, Bahir Dar University,2022
  2. Certified: Publons Academy Peer Reviewer, Feb 2021.
  3. Certified: Completed 4 reviews in 2020 for Archives of Public Health.

Conferences

  1. Presented: Experiences with the viability of participatory environmental communication as a pragmatic instrument for implementing rural community projects of non-governmental organizations in Ethiopia. NPGC-BDU-2022, May 27-28, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
  2. Presented: Regulating African Digital Media Conference, 3-4 May 2022. Critical Analysis of Identities Influencing Ethical Issues and Challenges of Journalism Practices: The Cases of Africa and Arab Media Political Contexts in the Digital Age. Birmingham City University, UK.
  3. Presented:Environmental Conflicts as Key Factors Influencing Participatory Environmental Communication and Sustainable Development of a Rural Society. 15th & 16th April, 2022. 4th National Conference on “Equity into Socio-cultural Changes and Development in Ethiopia”, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.