The Impact of Covid‑19 on Student Affairs and Higher Education in Africa

Author Biographies

• Thierry M. Luescher, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

  Prof. Thierry M. Luescher is the Research Director for Post-schooling and Work in the Inclusive Economic Development Division of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town, South Africa, and Associate Professor: Higher Education affiliated to the University of the Free State, Mangaung, South Africa.

• Birgit Schreiber, Africa Centre for Transregional Research at Alberts-Ludwig- Universität Freiburg, Germany

  Dr Birgit Schreiber is a member of the Africa Centre for Transregional Research at Alberts-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg, Germany, and the Vice-President of IASAS and a member of the JSAA Editorial Executive. She is a Senior Consultant for Higher Education Leadership and Management and for Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

• Teboho Moja, New York University, U.S.A.

  Prof. Teboho Moja is Clinical Professor of Higher Education, New York University, U.S.A. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an Extraordinary Professor at the Institute of Post‑School Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She is JSAA’s Editor‑in‑chief.

• Martin Mandew, University of the Free State

  Dr Martin Mandew is the Principal of the Qwaqwa Campus of the University of the Free State, South Africa

• W.P. Wahl, University of the Free State

  Dr W.P. Wahl has been involved in student affairs for almost 19 years and currently serves as Director: Student Life at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa

• Bekele Ayele, Kotebe Metropolitan University (KMU), Addis Ababa

  Dr Bekele Ayele is a senior lecturer at Kotebe Metropolitan University (KMU), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.