On Monday, May 6, 2024, Valeria González Calero defended her thesis titled Elegy to the Last Face: The Photograph of the Death Mask of Erich Sander, a translation from Spanish into English of Elegía al rostro final: la fotografía de la máscara mortuoria de Erich Sander by Laura Bravo López.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., Prof. Jane Ramírez, and thesis advisor David Auerbach, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente con recomendación para publicar.