Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz is a Peruvian scholar, author and former Quechua professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
He taught Quechua for more than 25 years at the University of Illinois.
He published dictionaries, a grammar book on Ayacucho Quechua, articles, and his pedagogical Quechua manual which is widely used by many students and teachers around the world.
[1] During his time at the University of Illinois he also published Correo de Lingüística Andina, an annual newsletter on Quechua instruction.
[2] In 2015 Soto Ruiz received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance.