Birgit Schreiber, Ph.D., is a consulting expert in the international higher education sector. She has served in senior leadership positions, with expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe’s higher education, focusing on student success, leadership, digitalization, DEI, and gender. Birgit has worked with a range of national and transnational bodies, notably USAf South Africa, DAAD and ERASMUS. She teaches, conducts research and supervision, designs programs, and develops policies. She is appointed as an Extraordinary Professor at her Alma Mater, UWC, in Cape Town. Her Ph.D. is in psychology, and she is registered as a psychotherapist with the HPCSA. Birgit has authored over 90 articles, chapters, and books on various themes, including social justice, student affairs, student engagement, higher education leadership, gender, and SDGs. She was the founding editor and is the editorial executive of the Journal for Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA). She serves on the board of the Journal of College Student Development (JCSD) and is a Column Editor for the Journal of College and Character (JCC). After serving as the Africa Chair, she now serves as the Vice-President of the International Association of Student Affairs and Services. She has received numerous awards, most recently the Noam Chomsky Award for international research and the NASPA Award for international practice. She is a member of the Africa Centre at Albert Ludwig University Freiburg, Germany, a research associate at Pretoria University, Germany Director for the STAR Scholars Network, and sits on the board of the South African National Research Centre at the University of Johannesburg. ORCid: 0000-0003-2469-0504
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