Cordelia Chávez Candelaria Papers

Cordelia Chávez Candelaria, a native of New Mexico, has led a distinguished career as a scholar, activist, and higher education administrator. A widely respected Chicana author, she spearheaded numerous publication efforts to increase Chicano/a and Latino/a literature in the United States. Candelaria has published more than 200 articles, books, book chapters, essays, critical reviews, and poems. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in American literature and linguistics. Early in her academic career, she served as Program Officer in the Division of Research at the National Endowment of the Humanities in Washington, D.C. Candelaria also taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder and was a founding director of the Center for Studies in Ethnicity and Race in America. In addition, she was a visiting professor at Stanford University, Chicano Fellow Centers. At Arizona State University, she began her career as an English professor and researcher for the Hispanic Research Center. In 1991, she helped develop a Chicana/Chicano Studies program, later known as Transborder Studies. In 2007, Candelaria was named Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to advance transdisciplinary diversity programs.