sentences:  He then went to Harvard University and studied Hispanic Studies under Jeremiah D. M. Ford, receiving his masters in 1915.He received his doctorate from the University of Paris with a study on Rubén Darío, published in 1925 as "L'influence française dans l'oeuvre de Rubén Darío".Before receiving his doctorate, Mapes taught at various small colleges including Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison.