On December 5, 2014, Lisa M. Pagán Pérez, defended her thesis titled A Palace Among Birds, a translation from Spanish into English of Palacio by Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., David Auerbach, Ph. D., and her thesis advisor, H. Jane Ramírez, M. A, awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente con recomendación para publicar.