Dr. Dessalegn Negeri Guyo
Assistant Professor
Social Work
Cushwa Hall 3164
phone: (330) 941-3337
Bio
Dessalegn N. Guyo (Ph.D., MSW) is an assistant professor of social work at Youngstown State University Ohio from January 2022 to the present. He was an Associate Professor of Master of Social Work at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (November 2020- June 2022). He was an adjunct professor at Bowie State University, Coppin State University Department of Social Work, and a case manager in Catholic charities in Washington D.C. (March 2016-September 2021). He was an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (2007-2016). He served in different positions: coordinator of the MSW distance education, chair of the curriculum and standardization committee, and Director of MSW Field Education for Indira Gandhi Open National University (IGNOU). He developed a BA in sociology and social work, a BSW for Ethiopian Catholic University Saint Thomas Aquinas (ECUSTA) for 11 years in Africa and six years plus in the USA.
His research areas are on multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder child protection networks and practices, indigenous adoption practices of Oromo society, women's roles and statuses in agro-industry, child vulnerability indicators in poor households in urban centers, context-based community development approaches, and social work practice with immigrants, advocacy for human rights.
Research Interests
immigration, child protection, and adoption, loneliness and connection, implicit bias and its management, social work teaching and practices, indigenous knowledge,
Teaching Interests
Social Research Methods, Statistics, social policy, Integrated foundations, social work groups, Oppression and diversity in social work, Business skills in social work.
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