Congratulations to T Passwater, who has defended their dissertation with distinction. Their dissertation is titled "Receiving a Queen: A Queer and Trans Classical Reception Historiography of Elagabalus.” The committee included Professors Lois Agnew (Director), Eileen Schell, Brice Nordquist, Will Banks (ECU), and Michele Kennerly (Penn State). The Chair of the Defense was William Robert.