We are delighted to announce that on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, PhD Candidate Emy Takada Lang's successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, titled SHAPES OF NIKKEI FEELINGS: TIZUKA YAMASAKI’S CINEMA OF EMOTION IN THE MILLENNIUM FILMS. Her doctoral committee included Prof. Dan Balderston (Thesis Director), Profs. Aurea María Sotomayor and Serena Rivera (Internal Examiners) and, as External Examiner, Prof. Terry Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburgh. We extend Emy our hearty congratulations and best wishes for a successful career.