Walle Engedayehu

Dr. Walle Engedayehu
Walle Engedayehu, Ph.D.
Professor and Division Head

Contact Information

Professor and Division Head
Office: 102 G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3201
Email: waengedayehu@pvamu.edu

Teaching/Research Area of Interest

  • American Government
  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, Clark Atlanta University (1989)
  • M.A, International Affairs, Ohio University (1984)
  • B.A., Journalism, University of Texas at El Paso (1977)

Selection of Courses Taught

  • American government
  • Texas Government
  • Introduction to Political Science
  • Global Issues
  • African Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Comparative Politics of Developing States

Selected Research Activities

  • Walle Engedayehu, The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Historical Evolution: Expansion Abroad in the Midst of Crisis at Home, 1991-2015 (Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018)
  • Walle Engedayeh (Reviewer), Abadir Ibrahim, “Revolutionary Democracy and Ethiopia’s ‘Successful Experiment’ in (non) Democracy,” in International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, August 2018
  • Walle Engedayehu, “An Exploratory Study on the Restructuring of the System of Government in Ethiopia, and the Search for an Electoral System best suited for Democratic Governance,” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Review, Vol. 2, No. 6 (August 2016), pp. 5-35.
  • Walle Engedayehu, “The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the Diaspora: Expansion in the Midst of Division,” Journal of African Social Science Review, Vol. 6, No.1, (Spring 2013), pp. 115-133.

Selected Service Activities

  • Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of International Politics (August 2018-Present)
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Political Science and International Relations (February 2018- Present)
  • Member of the Editorial Board, African Social Science Review (2001- Present)
  • Member, Grant Proposal Writing Team for African American Studies Initiative at PVAMU through the Mellon Foundation Grant (2018)
  • Chair of the Search Committee for Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Associate Dean of STEM, Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences (2018)
  • Member of the Tenure and Promotion Committee for the College of Juvenile Justice (2017)
  • Member, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) Advisory Committee (2014-2017).