{"id":25,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:33:53","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ph.D. in Gender and Development,\u00a0University of Bergen, 2013<\/li>\n<li>M. Ph. in International\/Public Health,\u00a0University of Bergen, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Studies in Oromo and Amharic,\u00a0Joint Language School Ethiopia, 1999<\/li>\n<li>Diploma in Health Care in Low-income Countries,\u00a0Uppsala University, 1999<\/li>\n<li>Studies in Diakonia,\u00a0VID Specialized University (Diakonhjemmet), 1998<\/li>\n<li>B. Sc. Nursing,\u00a0Diakonova University College, 1997<\/li>\n<li>One-year program in Christian Religion,\u00a0Norwegian School of Theology, 1993<\/li>\n<li>Examen Philosophicum,\u00a0University of Oslo, 1992<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pedagogical Training:<\/strong> \u00a0Trained and Officially certified as a Team-Based-Learning (TBL) consultant in 2017\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambasedlearning.org\/talk-to-the-experts\/tbl-consultant-marit-ostebo\/\">http:\/\/www.teambasedlearning.org\/talk-to-the-experts\/tbl-consultant-marit-ostebo\/<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positions and Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positions and Employment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>University of Florida, Assistant Professor, 2015 \u2013<\/li>\n<li>University of Florida, Lecturer, 2014- 2015<\/li>\n<li>University of Bergen, PhD Candidate\/ Junior Research Fellow, 2009-2013<\/li>\n<li>Haraldsplass Deaconess University College, Bergen, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing and Health, 2008 \u20132013<\/li>\n<li>Betanien Deaconess University College, Bergen, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, spring 2008<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus \/ Ethiopia, Raytu Community Development Project<\/li>\n<li>Advisor and Head of the Health Department 2005-2006<\/li>\n<li>Norwegian Church Aid\/Ethiopia, Relief Coordinator, April-September 2000<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Community Development worker, 2000-2003<\/li>\n<li>Ullev\u00e5l University Hospital \u2013 Oslo, Nurse in oncology ward, 1998<\/li>\n<li>Rikshospitalet University Hospital \u2013 Oslo, Nurse in gastro-surgical ward, 1997<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Experience and Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2014-Current, Member, American Anthropological Association<\/li>\n<li>2014-Current, Member, African Studies Association<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contribution to Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Translations of Gender Equality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My PhD research focused on translations of gender equality in development aid, with an empirical focus on Norway and Ethiopia. While gender equality as a concept often is taken for granted within the field of development, my research sheds light on the shifting meanings and translations of the concept. Drawing on translation theory, I among others engage with and challenge Sally Engle Merry\u2019s work on vernacularization. I argue that contemporary theories of translation and discursively informed theories on global norm diffusion offer perspectives that allow us to recognize the potential of contestations in meaning creation. This opens up the translational space as the \u2018grassroots\u2019 are recognized as translators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M.T. &amp; Haukanes, H. (2016) \u201cShifting Meanings of Gender Equality in Development. Perspectives from Norway and Ethiopia.\u201d Progress in Development Studies, 16(1) 39-51<\/li>\n<li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M.T. (2015) \u201cTranslations of Gender Equality among rural Arsi Oromo in Ethiopia.\u201d Development and Change 46 (3) 442-463<\/li>\n<li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M. T (2013) Translations of Gender Equality in International Aid. Perspectives from Norway and Ethiopia. University of Bergen, Bergen. PhD thesis<\/li>\n<li>Selbervik, H. &amp; \u00d8steb\u00f8, M.T. (2013). \u201cGender Equality in International Aid: What has Norwegian Gender Politics Got to Do With It?\u201d Gender, Technology and Development 17 (2): 205-228<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religion, Gender and Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of my research has focused on the role of religion in relation to development and gender. While religion for long was regarded as an anti-thesis to development, this has changed over the last two decades, reflected in increased recognition of and involvement of faith-based organizations and religious leaders within mainstream development. In my work I acknowledge, yet also problematize the turn to religion in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00d8steb\u00f8 M.T. &amp; \u00d8steb\u00f8, T. (2014) \u201cAre Religious Leaders a Magic Bullet for Social Change? A critical look at anti-FGM interventions in Ethiopia.\u201d Africa Today 60 (3): 82-101<\/li>\n<li>\u00d8steb\u00f8 M.T. &amp; \u00d8steb\u00f8, T. (2014) \u201cAre Religious leaders Key in Efforts to Eradicate Female Genital Cutting?\u201d ICA (Instituut Culturele Antropologie) March-April Issue<\/li>\n<li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M. T., Haukanes H. &amp; Blystad A. (2013). \u201cStrong State Policies on Gender and Aid: Threats and Opportunities for Norwegian Faith-based Organizations\u201d Forum for Development Studies 40(2): 193-216<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Respect and Gender Justice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My long-term engagement as a development practitioner combined with ethnographic fieldwork among the Arsi Oromo of south-east Ethiopia generated an interest in exploring a local concept of respect and sacredness known as\u00a0<em>wayyuu<\/em>. In addition to detailed ethnographic descriptions of the concept and its related institutions, my work reflects an interest in exploring respect as a concept with relevance for women\u2019s rights and gender justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M.T. (2010). Women\u2019s Respect and Rights among the Arsi Oromo of southeast Ethiopia. Aspen,H. Birhanu Teferra, Shiferaw Bekele, Ege, S. (Eds.) Research in Ethiopian Studies. Wiesbaden: Harrossowitz Verlag<\/li>\n<li>\u00d8steb\u00f8 M.T. \u201cCan Respect be Key to Gender Justice? Accepted for publications conditioned on minor revisions in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Politics of Models in Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently working on a book project called \u201cThe Politics of Models in Development\u201d. With an empirical focus on various efforts and initiatives undertaken in order to promote gender equality and women\u2019s rights in Ethiopia, my overall aim is to provide a critical analysis and discussion of the politics of models and modeling within the field of international development. The book draws, among others, on research conducted in Awra Amba, a small rural community in Northern Ethiopia hailed as a model for gender equality and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00d8steb\u00f8, M.T (2015) Awra Amba \u2013 A model for gender equality and gender justice? Report submitted to International Law and Policy Institute<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ongoing Research Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USAID<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2020<\/li>\n<li>Grant from the USAID (<strong>ca. 100 000 USD<\/strong>) <em>Tracing Covid-19 impact tracing in Ethiopia: Social, economic, political, and security ramifications.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Role: Co-PI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Research Council of Norway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2018-2020<\/li>\n<li>Developmentality and the Anthropology of Partnership (PI: Jon Harald Sande Lie, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)<\/li>\n<li>Role: Co-PI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/maritostebo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}