On July 6, 2017, Álvaro García Garcinuño, defended his thesis titled Poder y conexión: las historias imperiales de Estados Unidos en el mundo, a translation from English into Spanish of Power and Connection: Imperial Histories of the United States in the World by Paul A. Kramer.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., Manuel Rodríguez, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Yvette Torres M. A., , awarded his thesis the grade sobresaliente.