On Friday, May 6, 2022, Verónica C. Dávila De Jesús, defended her thesis titled Other Bodies: A Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Anthology from Puerto Rico and its Diaspora, a translation from Spanish into English of Los otros cuerpos: antología de temática gay, lésbica y queer desde Puerto Rico y su diáspora anthology compiled by David Caleb Acevedo, Moisés Agosto Rosario, and Luis Negrón; texts by Rubén Ríos Ávila, Francés Negrón-Muntaner, and Emilio del Carril.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Luis A. García Nevares, Ph. D., Marian E. Polhill, Ph. D., and thesis advisor David Auerbach, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente con recomendación para publicar.