This Hispanic Literatures and Languages Department is delighted to announce that on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, PhD Candidate Mercedes Dollard successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "THE HIDDEN SIDE OF NARRATIVES OF ADVOCACY." Her committee included Prof. Jerome Branche (Thesis Director), Prof. David Pettersen (External Examiner, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh) and Profs. Daniel Balderston and John Beverley (Internal Examiners). We would like to congratulate her warmly and wish her all the best for her future career.