People
Hanna Girma Wedajo, PhD
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Pronouns: she, her, hers
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Comparative and International Development Education
Hanna Girma Wedajo, PhD, is a graduate of the doctoral program in Comparative and International Development Education at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.
MA, Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, 2016
LLB, Law, Dire Dawa University, 2014
- Educational inequality
- Quality of education
- Gender and education
- Youth's educational aspirations
- International development policy and practice
Dissertation title: "Imagining and Navigating the Future: Educational Aspirations and Agency of Economically Disadvantaged Secondary School Age Ethiopian Youth"
Advisor: Dr. Joan DeJaeghere
Awards
- Hawkinson/Jacobson Scholar - Hawkinson Fund for Peace and Justice, 2019
- Mary Corcoran Endowed Fellowship in Evaluation and Policy Studies, 2019
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Studies Fellowship, 2018
- Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) Scholar Fellowship Award (2017 - 2021)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Scholarship Award - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2014 - 2016)
- National Moot Court Competition - Best Orator Award - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014
- Ambassadorial Girls Scholarship Award - Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (2006 - 2009)
Mulugeta, Y., Bekele, B., Wedajo, H. (2016). Law, the Administration of Justice and Women with Disability. A Report to Addis Ababa University, Center for Human Rights, Access to Justice Project.
Mulugeta, Y., Bekele, B., Wedajo, H. (2016). Obstacles in Pursuing Employment Claims by Women. A Report to Addis Ababa University, Center for Human Rights, Access to Justice Project.
Wedajo (2020). Conceptualization of quality of education: Vertical comparison of the global targets and national policy in Ethiopia. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Online presentation.
Wedajo (2019). Looking beyond numbers: Quality of primary education in Economically marginalized rural communities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Comparative and International Education Society, San Francisco, California.
Wedajo (2019). Framing quality of education in developing countries - Literature review. Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD) student research conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wedajo (2018). Beyond numbers - Framing quality of education through community participation in developing countries. International graduate students research showcase, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wedajo (2015). Basic human rights and international human rights instruments. Center for Human Rights: Commemoration of International Human Rights Day. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
