Yohannes Gubsa

Department of Geography
Birth: September 1960
Place: Asmara, Eritrea
Children: Two- Yoel and Benhur

Academic Training and Positions
1997-present Ph. D candidate, Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
1991-96 Lecturer and Head, Department of Geography
Asmara University, Eritrea
1987-91 Graduate Student and Part-time Lecturer, Department of Geography Addis Ababa
University, Ethiopia
1982-87 High School Teacher, Asmara, Eritrea
1979-82 Undergraduate Student, Department of Geography
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Research Interest, Research Perspectives, and Focus Areas
-Research Interest Population Geography- Migration, Internal Displacement, Refugee Issues, Agrarian Change, Rural transformation, and Social Forestry
-Research Perspectives-Political Economy, Field Methods, and GIS Application
-Focus Areas: Africa and Third World Countries

Publications and Academic Works
-The Physical, Social, and Institutional Dimensions of Afforestation in Northern Shoa Ethiopia, MA Thesis Addis Ababa University June 1991, Sponsored by FAO/ UNDP
- Contributed Four Chapters to the 'Situation Analysis of Women and Children in Eritrea' 1995, Sponsored by UNICEF.