DAWIT O. WOLDU, Ph.D. 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Box 24 Houston, Texas, 77058 E-mail: woldu@uhcl.edu EDUCATION Fall 2014- Present, Assistant professor of Anthropology and Cross-cultural Studies, Human Sciences and Humanities, University of Houston Clear Lake. Ph.D, Medical Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2013. MPH Certificate in Public Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2008. MA, Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2005. BA, Bioarchaeology, University of Asmara, Eritrea, 2001. ADDITIONAL TRAINING Certificate in Testing and Evaluation of Foreign Languages, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Yonkers, NY, July 2005. Certificate in Instruction and Curriculum Development, University of Wisconsin- Madison, July 2003. TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS Socioeconomic, cultural, and ecological determinants of infectious diseases Political economy of health Gender and health risk in agricultural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa Structural inequalities Migration, Human Trafficking and, Human Rights Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Adjunct research Scientist and Center for African Studies, the Institute of the African Child, and the Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, April 2013 to present. Online Facilitator for Global Health Course:
Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Fall 2013. Currently teaching two sections of an online global health course supervised by the Department of Social Medicine and Global Health Institute. Teaching Assistant: Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fall 2011, taught three sections of Human Sexuality, Health, and Culture; Spring 2010, assisted in Food and Culture course. Teaching Assistant: Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Spring 2010, I worked as a teaching assistant for Culture and Nutrition class African Languages and Cultures, Michigan State University, Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute, 2009. Taught languages and cultures of the Horn of Africa. Program Evaluator: African Studies Program, University of Washington, Seattle, December 17-19, 2008 and May 13-15, 2009. External Program Evaluator. African Languages and cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute, 2007. Taught Languages and Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Certified Language Proficiency and Aptitude Tester: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, White Plains, NY, Fall 2005-present. African Languages and cultures, Indiana University Bloomington, Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute, 2005. Taught languages of the Horn of Africa. Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Fall 2003 through Spring 2010. Taught languages and cultures of the Horn of Africa. African languages, Ohio University, Athens, Summer Cooperative African
Languages Institute, 2003. Taught languages and cultures of the Horn of Africa. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Asmara, Eritrea, Fall 2000 through Spring 2003. Taught Introduction to Anthropology, Field Methods, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, and Bioarchaeology Laboratory Analysis. Special projects coordinator: University of Asmara and Ministry of Finance from 2000-2003. I worked as a Special projects coordinator with international NGO s and governmental agencies in Eritrea. RESEARCH POSITIONS Adjunct Research Scientist: Center for African Studies and the Institute of the African Child, Ohio University, Athens, April 2013-present. Co-PI, HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Project in Korogocho Slums of Nairobi Kenya. The project purpose is the investigation of the economic, socio-cultural, and behavioral factors associated with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse in that community. Eddy Endowment Grant Research Assistant: Department of Anthropology and Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Spring 2011. Assisted the PI and research team on an HIV/AIDS and substance- abuse project in Africa. Collected data from peerreviewed research and government reports on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS; assisted in designing research proposals and writing grants. Research Affiliate: Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Nairobi Kenya, Fall and Summer of 2010 and Summer of 2011. Served as International Research Proposal Reviewer and worked on the development of national malaria and HIV/AIDS intervention strategy. Lithic Expert: Eritrean-Italian multi-disciplinary paleontological research project in Buia, Dankil/Afar Depression of Eritrea, Summer 2002.
PUBLICATIONS Chapters in Edited Volumes: Zelalem Teka and Dawit O. Woldu. 2008. Lithic Artifacts from Archaeological Sites in the Greater Asmara Area. In Peter R. Schmidt, Matthew C. Curtis, and Zelalem Teka, The Archaeology of Ancient Eritrea, Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press, Inc., 2007, pp. 189-205. Fabio Martini, Yoseph Libesekal, Omar Filippi, Habtom Kasay, Asmeret G/her, Dawit O. Woldu, Amaha Segid, Tekeste Solomon,Zelalem Teka, Dessale Yosief & Samuel Yemane. Characterization of Lithic Complexes from Buia (Dandiro Basin, Dankil Depression Eritrea). In Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrapfia, Vol,110 (2004), pp. 99-132. Newspaper Articles and Editorials: Dawit Woldu and Irvin H. Bromall. South Sudan and building a new nation: Lessons from the Eritrean experience. Sudan Tribune, September 12, 2011. Accepted and Works in Progress: Dawit Woldu and Irvin H. Bromall. Seeking Freedom: The Journey of an Eritrean Asylum Seeker from Eritrea to the United States. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington books. In press. Dawit Woldu and Zelalem Haile. Gender roles and malaria risk in agricultural communities of Mwea Division in central Kenya. Journal of Women and Health. Accepted Dawit Woldu, Bernard Okech, and Charles Mwendawiro. Cultural explanatory models of malaria and other infectious diseases in Mwea Division of central Kenya using qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Journal of Medical Anthropology Quarterly. In preparation. Dawit Woldu and Irvin H. Bromall. How Homeland Eritrea Monitors Its American Diaspora. In preparation. Journal of Africana Studies. Accepted CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Dawit Woldu. Structural, socio-cultural and ecological determinants to malaria treatment-seeking behavior in Mwea Division of Central Kenya. Invited talk, Center for African Studies and Ohio College of Medicine, Ohio University, Athens,
April 20, 2013. Dawit Woldu. Gender roles and malaria risk in Mwea Division of Central Kenya. Paper presented at the 2013 Conference on Women and Children s Health in Africa: Clinical and Social perspectives, Ohio University, Athens, March 30, 2013. Dawit Woldu. The ecological and structural challenges to the prevention of malaria in Africa. Paper presented at the 2013 African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, December 1, 2012. Dawit Woldu and Irvin H. Bromall. Natsnet s Journey: How One Eritrean Woman Won American Political Asylum. Paper presented at the 2013 African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, December 1, 2012. Dawit Woldu. Integrated approach to malaria research and intervention, a presentation at Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Nairobi Kenya, July 2011. Dawit Woldu, panel member. Investigative Journalism and Health Reporting, a workshop organized by Internewees (USAID-funded, DC-based NGO), Nairobi, Kenya, June 19-22, 2011. Dawit Woldu. A case study in the use of cultural domain analysis (CDA) in malaria research in Kirinyaga south district, central province Kenya. Paper presented at the International Conference on Health, Development, and Communication, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi Kenya, June 23-24, 2011. Dawit Woldu. Socio-economic, ecological, and political perspectives on the underlying causes of malaria in Africa. Paper presented at Michigan State University, Center for African Studies, Summer Talk Series, East Lansing Michigan, August 13, 2009. GRANTS & AWARDS University of Florida Graduate School, Gainesville, NSF Diversity Dissertation Writing Grant. Amount awarded: $13,000, Spring 2011. University of Florida, Graduate Minority Program, Gainesville, Retention Grant. Amount awarded: $3,000, Summer 2011 Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Doughty Dissertation Grant. Amount awarded: $2,000, Spring 2011 Auzeene Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. Amount awarded: $12,000, Summer 2010. Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLAS Fellowship. Amount awarded: $8,000, Summer 2010. Leakey Foundation, Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowship. Amount awarded: $25,000, 2003-2004 academic year. Travel Award, Graduate Studies Research Council, University of Florida.
Gainesville. Amount awarded: $2,000 June 2006 and December 2012. Ohio University Center for African Studies, Athens. Start-up grant. Amount awarded: $7,500, July-August 2013. LANGUAGES Tigrinya (official language of Eritrea; also spoken in parts of Ethiopia). Fluent in writing and speaking. Amharic (official language of Ethiopia). Fluent in writing and speaking. English. Fluent in writing and speaking. Tigre (a language spoken in Eritrea). Fluent in writing and basic speaking. Arabic. Beginner's level. Kikuyu (one of the major ethnic languages of Kenya). Beginner's level. COMPUTER SKILLS ANTHROPAC (cultural domain analysis software) SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) SYSTAT (statistical software package) MAXQUDA, (text analysis software) Molecular techniques including PCR, DNA Fragment Analysis, DNA extraction, and basic DNA sequencing Population genetics and bioinformatics softwares REFERENCES Up On Request