Congratulations to Kate Geoghegan, Noel Stringham, and Jeff Zvengrowski who each recently successfully defended their PhD theses.  Their dissertation titles are as follows:

Kate Geoghegan "The Specter of Anarchy, The Hope of Transformation: The Role of Non-State Actors in the U.S. Response to Soviet Reform and Disunion, 1981-1996"

Noel Stringham “Marking Nuer Histories: Gender, Gerontocracy, and the Politics of Inclusion in the Upper Nile from 1400-1931”

Jeff Zvengrowski "They Stood Like the Old Guard of Napoleon: Jefferson Davis and the Pro-Bonaparte Democrats, 1815-1870"