On May 20, 2011, Ismarie Díaz Flores, defended her thesis titled Antonin Nechodoma, Arquitecto, 1877-1928: la escuela de la pradera en el Caribe, a translation from English into Spanish of Antonin Nechodoma, architect, 1877-1928 : the Prairie school in the Caribbean by Thomas S. Marvel.
The Thesis Committee, formed by María M. Carrión, Ph. D., Fernando Abruña, Ph.D., and thesis advisor Yvette Torres, M.A., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.