DR. CORDELIA CHÁVEZ CANDELARIA has been appointed dean of Dedman College and University Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University (Texas), effective July 1. She previously served as dean of the Office of Strategic Affairs and Regents Professor in the Department of English and Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Arizona State University. She holds two bachelor’s from Fort Lewis College, and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Notre Dame.
FRANZETTA FITZ is the new director of instructional technology at Florida A&M University. Fitz previously served as coordinator for the Office of Institutional Research at the university. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s from FAMU.
