On January 16, 2014, Carmen V. Menéndez Torres, defended her thesis titled Judicial Intervention as Indicator of Democratic Governance, a translation from Spanish into English of Intervención judicial como indicador de gobernabilidad democrática by Olga Elena Resumil.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Nathan Budoff Ph. D., Jane Ramírez M.A., and thesis advisor David Auerbach Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.