On Friday, November 15, 2019, Isaura María Díaz Berríos, defended her thesis titled "The Disappearance of Jane Montgomery” and Other Cruel and Fantastic Tales, a translation from Spanish into English of “La desaparición de Jane Montgomery” y otros relatos crueles y fantásticos de Hiram Lozada Pérez.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Marcial E. Ocasio Meléndez, Ph.D., Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., and thesis advisor M. Charlotte Ward, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.