Cordelia Candelaria

Regents Emeritus Professor Cordelia Candelaria was named Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2007. Before coming to ASU in 1992, Candelaria held faculty appointments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she was founding director of the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race in America at Stanford University, Universidad Católica de Lima, Perú, and Richmond College in London. Her books include “Seeking the Perfect Game: Baseball in American Literature” and “Chicano Poetry: A Critical Introduction.” She served for the past year as Emeritus College’s assistant dean for social sciences and interdisciplinary studies.

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