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Girma Kebbede, Professor of Geography

Office: Room 328 Clapp Laboratory
Email: Girma Kebbede
Phone: 413.538.2004
Fax: 413.538.2239

Education

Ph.D. , M.A. Syracuse University
B.A. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Teaching

World Regional Geography (105)
Human Dimentsions of Environmental Change (204)
Political Geography (206)
Geography of the Middle East (215)
The African Environments (217)
Third World Development (311)
Africa: Development Problems and Prospects

Publications

• Living with Urban Environmental Health Risks: TheCase of Ethiopia, Ashgate, 2004.
• Sudan's Predicament: Civil War, Displacement and Ecological Degradation (1999).
• The State and Development in Ethiopia, Humanities Press, 1992.
• "The Challenges of Reconstructing Eritrea," GeoJournal 31, 2 (1993): 22-224.
• The State and Development in Ethiopia, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1992. (see review)
• "The Agonies of Ethiopian Women Refugees in Khartoum, Sudan," GeoJournal 23, 2 (1991): 99-106.
• "The State and Africa's Food Recovery," in A Reader in Peace Studies, edited by Ruth Davies and Barbara Munske, New York and Oxford: Pergamon Press (1990), pp. 119-126.
• "Cycles of Famine in a Country of Plenty: The Case of Ethiopia," GeoJournal 17, 1 (1988): 125-132.
• "Drought and Famine and the Political Economy of Environmental Degradation in Ethiopia," Geography 73, 1 (1988): 65-70. (with Mary Jacob)
• "State Capitalism and Development: The Case of Ethiopia," The Journal of Developing Areas 22, 1 (1987): 1-24.
• "Urban Growth and the Housing Problem in Ethiopia," Cities 2, 3 (1985): 230-242. (with Mary Jacob).