Javier García Liendo

Javier García Liendo is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Graduate Studies in Hispanic Studies at Washington University's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and researches Latin American/Andean literatures and cultures, with focus on intellectual history, media theory, and social formations.

His scholarship examines how commodification and industrialization transformed Andean indigenous cultures and print culture during mid-20th century. Current book projects analyze rural schoolteachers as cultural producers and their role in shaping popular modernity in Peru.

Professor García Liendo teaches courses on Andean/Amazonian indigenous cultures, Latin American soundscapes, and media/material culture. His research has been featured in university publications highlighting his work on education modernization in Andean communities.