Américo Mendoza-Mori

Researcher and faculty member on Indigenous cultures, Hispanic studies, and languages. Dr. Mendoza-Mori is involved with different research and community-oriented projects to raise awareness of the relevance of Quechua languages and literatures, Latinx and Latin American cultures, and Indigenous systems of knowledge. His work has appeared in a variety of academic publications, a TEDx Talk, and has been presented at major institutions such as the United Nations and international media (The New York Times, BBC, NPR, The Guardian). Mendoza-Mori is an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College. His forthcoming book, Cusco post Inca: cómo se vive, imagina y construye cultura en una ciudad andina (2026), examines how culture is produced, governed, and contested in contemporary Cusco, tracing the intersections of language, heritage, urban space, and Indigenous creativity. Mendoza-Mori’s future book project “Global Quechua: Indigenous cultures and language reclamation initiatives on the world stage” focuses on intergenerational and community-oriented efforts for Quechua/Kichwa speakers and community members across local, regional, and diasporic contexts.

Investigador en literatura, lenguas indígenas e industrias culturales en América Latina y región Andina. Consultor cultural.

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Educator and faculty member
Educador y Docente universitario.

Organizer and facilitator of global and Community-based initiatives for the revitalization and cultural reclamation of Indigenous Languages.
Promotor de iniciativas comunitarias y globales para el reconocimiento y revitalización de Lenguas Originarias.