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Dr. Dessalegn 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 has 18 years plus teaching, research and community service nationally and internationally
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.
Research Interests
Indigenous knowledge, community Development,child protection, adoption, implicit bias and its management, social work teaching and practices, indigenous knowledge, Immigration and adaptation
Teaching Interests
Social Work Foundation Practices II
Business skills in social work
Practice evaluations,
Trauma Informed Care
Oppression and Cultural competence
Social Research Methods/Statistics
social policy development and analysis,
Integrated foundations,
social work groups
International Social work
Generalist social work with Larger groups and Communities
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2014
Ph D, Social work and Social Development
Addis Ababa University
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Rigorous Beginning and ‘Dead Ends’: Community-based Child Protection Network in Adama City"
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2006
MA, Social Work
Addis Ababa University, School of Social Work
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Guddifachaa/ Adoption Practice as Community based child problem Intervention: Case of Ada'a Liban District "
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2025
"Opening the Cultural Enigma to Survive: The ‘Gangster’ Adoption (Guddifachaa) Practices Experience of Orphaned Child in Arada Sub-City"
D. Guyo
Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare Policy, volume 3, issue 1, p. 8
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2023
"Utilizing Professional Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Strategic Interventions Preparation for Crisis Mitigation in Oromia"
D. Guyo
Journal of Oromo Studies (JOS), volume (MNS-ID-JOS-2023-0018.R1), issue 1, p. 133-150
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2019
"Social work in African context: MSW teaching modules"
D. Guyo
, volume Block 2, issue 1, p. 71 -
2011
"Insights from participatory development approach in Ethiopia: analysis of testimonies and field practices"
D. Guyo, W. Kebede, M. Getu
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2011
"GUDDIFACHAA PRACTICE: As Community Based Child Problem Intervention in Oromo of Ada'a Liban"
D. Guyo
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, DVM publication, p. 120
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2025 - present
Reviewer, Conference Paper
Council of Social Work Education -
2024 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Social Work and Welfare Policy -
2024 - 2024
Other
Youngstown State University Quest 2024: a Forum for Student Scholarship -
2024 - 2024
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Human Rights and Social Work -
2023 - 2023
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Human Rights and Social Work -
2022 - present
Member
Council Of social work Education -
2017 - present
Member
Oromo Studies Association
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2024 - present
Member
Waggoner apartments neighborhood -
2023 - present
Volunteer
Upwardly Global -
2023 - 2023
Volunteer
United Way -
2023 - present
Committee Member
Oromo Intellectual society -
2023 - present
Member
Columbus Oromo community -
2022 - present
Volunteer
Evergreen Seventh Day Adventist church -
2020 - present
Chair
Global Oromo Advocacy Group - Eastern USA -
2018 - 2020
Board Member
Oromo Community Organization -
2017 - 2022
Guest Speaker
Torture Abolition And Survivors Support Coalition International