Scholar and distinguished linguist Dr. Maria Juliette Escudero specialized in Romance Literature and studied at the Institute of Phonetics and Linguistics at the University of Paris, where she earned a French teaching diploma. She received a Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from Cornell University in New York in 1948. That same year, Dr. Escudero was recognized for her scholarship and hired …
Tempe Hispanic Heritage: Grácia Liliana Fernández (1875 – 1957) by Dr. Christine Marin
Grácia Liliana Fernández was hired by Tempe Normal School in 1907 as the first Professor of Spanish Language and full-time Librarian.