It is with great pleasure that the Department of Law and Legal Studies announces the successful thesis defence by PhD Candidate Rebecca Bromwich.
Rebecca went before the Examination Board on March 26, 2015, in defense of her PhD thesis entitled, “Re-Reading Ashley: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Figures of Ashley Smith as Girl”. The panel was pleased with the thesis defence, noting the importance of Rebecca’s dissertation in helping others to understand the relationship of female agency to current structures of power.
The completed defence is a noteworthy milestone in the history of the Department – Rebecca is the first candidate to graduate from the PhD in Legal Studies program, which had its inaugural cohort in 2011.
“The Department is tremendously excited about crossing this threshold,” adds the Department’s Chair, Prof. Ron Saunders. “We’re especially proud to mark this occasion with the excellent work of such a strong candidate.”
UPDATE: The completed thesis is set to be published as a book through Demeter Press.
L-R: Prof. Doris Buss, Rebecca Bromwich, Prof. Lara Karian, Prof. Sheryl Hamilton
Congratulations Rebecca!