Cordelia Chávez Candelaria (born September 14, 1943) is an American educator and writer of Hispanic descent.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Lewis College, where she studied English and French.
She then earned a Master of Arts in English and a PhD in American literature and structural linguistics from the University of Notre Dame.
[1][2] In 2008, Candelaria was named dean of the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University, but she resigned from the position the following year for personal reasons.
[2] Candelaria published her first collection of poetry, Ojo de la Cueva (Cave Springs), in 1984.