PhD Candidate
Fields of Study
- Comparative Politics
Areas of Interest
- Indigenous Andean Politics (Allin Rimanakuy & Llaqta Kamachiy)
- Indigenous Ontologies
- Indigenous Community Resistance & Mining extractivism
- Environmental Politics and Environmental Justice
Major and Minor Fields
Major
- Comparative Politics
Working Dissertation
Title
Andean Indigenous Institutions: Llaqta Kamachiy (Community Governance) and Resistance in the Context of Extractive Resources
Supervisors
Judith Teichman
Biography
Yojana Miraya Oscco is originally from and a member of a Quechua community in Peru. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the National University of San Marcos and completed her master’s degree in Environment and Community at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. She has taught her native Quechua language at the University of Toronto and co-founded Kuskalla Abya Yala, an international non-profit supporting the revitalization of South American native languages.
Education
BA in Geography, National University of San Marcos
MA in Environment and Community, California State Polytechnic University
Cohort
- 2019-2020