Prof. Dr. Maisha M. Auma was professor of Childhood and Difference (Diversity Studies) at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences from 2008 to 2022. Visiting professorships (2014-2025) in Gender Studies at the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Humboldt University Berlin, the Center for Interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies at TU Berlin, and the University Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UZF*G) at Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt. She was the first DiGENet visiting professor, Audre Lorde Chair for Intersectional Diversity Studies, Diversity and Gender Equality Network of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) 2021-2022. She currently heads the Regional Networt East of the Wissensnetzwerk Rassismusforschung, WinRa (BMBF), also at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. She is Executive Board Officer of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, ASWAD. Since 1993, she has been active in the Black feminist self-organization „Generation ADEFRA, Schwarze Frauen* in Deutschland“.