WAWubalem Abebe
@wubalemabebe
Assistant Professor and interdisciplinary educator specializing in TEFL, legal translation, and AI-driven pedagogy.
EthiopiaWhat I'm looking for
I am an Assistant Professor and interdisciplinary educator with over a decade of higher-education teaching, curriculum development, and legal translation experience. I combine TEFL expertise (PhD in TEFL) with an LLB foundation and ten years of professional English↔Amharic legal translation practice to produce accurate, high-stakes translations and specialized instructional materials.
I also develop and apply AI tools and agents to improve language instruction, resource accessibility, and institutional outcomes, and have led national curriculum projects, remedial programs, journal language editing, and multiple published research outputs in applied linguistics and CLIL.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Journal Language Editor
Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Sep 2019 - Present (6 years 3 months)
Ensures academic integrity, linguistic clarity, and stylistic consistency of submitted legal research papers for the university law journal since 2013 E.C.
Coordinator, English Remedial Program
Bahir Dar University
Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 (9 months)
Managed the university-wide English remedial program from March 2023 to December 2023, overseeing curriculum, instruction, and foundational language assessment.
Assistant Professor
Bahir Dar University
Served as core faculty and teacher educator in English and pedagogical sciences, led curriculum development and academic mentorship across programs for over a decade and contributed to national curriculum initiatives.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Bahir Dar University
Doctor of Philosophy, Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL)
2016 - 2016
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language completed at Bahir Dar University in 2016 G.C.
Bahir Dar University
Assistant Professor, Academic Rank
2015 - 2015
Academic promotion to the rank of Assistant Professor achieved at Bahir Dar University in 2015 G.C.
Bahir Dar University
Bachelor of Laws, Law
2003 - 2003
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in Law from Bahir Dar University awarded in 2003 E.C.
AUAddis Ababa University
Master of Arts, Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL)
1996 - 1996
Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language awarded by Addis Ababa University in 1996 E.C.
Bahir Dar Teachers College
Bachelor of Education, Pedagogical Sciences
1989 - 1989
Bachelor of Education in Pedagogical Sciences conferred by Bahir Dar Teachers College in 1989 E.C.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
EthiopiaAuthorized to work in
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