On July 15, 2018, Alexandra García Motta, defended her thesis titled Puerto Rico: Foreign Policy without Sovereignty, 1946-1964, a translation from Spanish into English of Puerto Rico: política exterior sin estado soberano, 1946-1964 by Evelyn Vélez Rodríguez.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Jane Barnes Slown M.A., Aurora lauzardo, Ph. D., and thesis advisor David Auerbach, Ph. D., , awarded her thesis the grade notable.