Teshome G. Wagaw is professor of education at the University of Michigan in the School of Education and the Center for Afro-american and African Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Educated in Ethiopia, Australia, and the United States, Professor Wagaw is the recipient of a number of honors including the German Academic Exchange Award (1969); the Addis Ababa University and USAID grant for the research and publication of works in Ethiopian education (1970-74); the Ford Foundation grant for a study tour of African system of higher education (1969); and the American Council on Education international travel grant (1974). He has traveled extensively throughout Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, and has served as a consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on the development and utilization of high-level manpower in Africa.
