College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Hanna Girma Wedajo, PhD

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Comparative and International Development Education

Hanna Girma Wedajo

Areas of interest

  • Educational inequality
  • Quality of education
  • Gender and education
  • Youth's educational aspirations
  • International development policy and practice
Degrees

MA, Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, 2016
LLB, Law, Dire Dawa University, 2014

Biography

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)
Publications

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.

Presentations

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.