Center for Global Education and Experience

kashedi@augsburg.edu

Namibia & South Africa

Pinias Kashedi is the Study Abroad Program Coordinator and Global Faculty in Namibia. Hi facilitates the “Political and Social Change in Southern Africa and internships at our CGEE site in Namibia.” He holds a Master’s of Philosophy in Education and Training for Lifelong Learning from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He further holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration and a Bachelors of Education from the University of Namibia.

Pinias worked for the Namibian Government as a Voter Education as well as leading Adult and Continuing Education programs at district level. Prior to joining the Augsburg CGEE team in Namibia in the fall of 2021, he worked for the US Embassy as the Cultural Affairs assistant and EducationUSA adviser managing and coordinating youth and professional exchange programs and educational advising for international students planning to study in the US. He worked to increase the number of Namibians studying in the US by 80% in the last 5 years of his tenure.

His academic interests are Youth Empowerment through education and training, Decolonization and Social Justice in Southern Africa.