On Thursday, May 14, 2026, Andrea B. Cruz Declet defended her thesis titled «La nueva era» Capítulo 22 de La nación en construcción: Una historia concisa de los Estados Unidos, a translation from English into Spanish of "The New Era" Chapter 22 of The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People by Alan Brinkley.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente con recomendación para publicar.