Quechua Initiative on Global Indigeneity at Harvard /
People
Housed at Harvard’s Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, the Quechua Initiative on Global Indigeneity is encompassed by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, practitioners, and students.
Affiliated Scholars
Américo Mendoza-Mori, Ph.D.
Faculty Lead
Américo Mendoza-Mori’s research focuses on Latin American, U.S. Latinx, and Indigenous communities. At Harvard he teaches courses on Transnational Cultural Studies, Education and Language, and Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Previously, he took on innovative leadership roles: founder and coordinator of the University of Pennsylvania’s Quechua program, co-founder of The Quechua Alliance, and co-founder of the Thinking Andean Studies international conference.
Mayra Rivera, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies
Harvard University
Phillip Deloria, Ph.D.
Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History
Harvard University
María Luisa Parra-Velasco, Ph.D.
Senior Preceptor in Spanish
Harvard University
Jorge Sánchez Cruz, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Harvard University
Students Leadership
James Walkingstick
Development Intern
External Affiliated Scholars
External Affiliated Graduate Student Scholars
picture credit (top): Chris Rycroft (creative commons license)