Mohammed Ademo

Mohammed Ademo is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Ademo’s research examines mediated political participation in authoritarian contexts, exploring how social movements utilize music and collective memory as tools for communication and resistance.

Before joining the University of Maryland, Ademo spent two decades as a journalist, media executive, community organizer and human rights advocate in Ethiopia and abroad.

Areas of Interest

Media, culture and society
Political communication
Protest music
Social movements
Collective memory
Ethiopian studies
Oromo studies
Horn of Africa
African studies
Diaspora

Education

B.A., University of Minnesota Duluth
M.S. (Journalism), Columbia University
M.A. (International Affairs), Columbia University