On February 27, 2018, Elaine Delgado Cruz, defended her thesis titled Naturaleza y política en el cambio de siglo, a translation from English into Spanish of a chapter from Sea of Storms by Stuart Schwartz.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph.D., Yvette Torres, M.A., and thesis advisor Aurora Lauzardo, Ph.D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.