Aaron Tesfaye

Political Science Department

William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey 07470 USA

Office: Room 439 Raubinger Hall Phone: (973) 720-3428; Fax (973) 720-3477 E-mail: tesfayea@wpunj.edu Fall 2009 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm and Monday, 5:00-6:00 pm.

Aaron Tesfaye, Ph.D

Ph.D. Center for Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University
MPA, California State University, Fresno
B.A., California State University, Fresno

Current Scholarly Interests:

US-China Rivalry in Africa and Competition for Resource; Neo-Liberalism and the Global Food Crisis

Previous Teaching Experience:

California state University, Fresno; California State University San Bernardino; State Center Community College, Fresno, CA

Honors and Grants:

• 1994 Fulbright Fellow, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
• 2005 William Paterson University, Summer Research Grant: to explore the relationship between water scarcity, conflict and resolution in the Nile Basin, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 2006 William Paterson Faculty Development Grant to Facilitate Research and experiential learning on the Bolivarian Movement in Venezuela
• 2006 Fulbright funded shared faculty research on Work and Globalization in India.

Publications

Books

• The Political Economy of the Nile Basin Regime in the Twentieth Century (NY: Edwin Mellen, 2008).

• Political Power and Ethnic Federalism: the Struggle for Democracy in Ethiopia (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002).

Articles published by Globalization Research Center, International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Fresno Community Alliance, and Z-net an on line magazine.

Courses Taught:

POL 120 Introduction to Politics; POL 225 US Political Economy; POL 230 Comparative Politics; POL 339 African Politics; POL 480 Seminar in Global Environmental Politics; POL 503: Comparative Public Policy; POL 632: International Political Economy.