Congrats to Benesemon Simmons, who has successfully defended her dissertation. It is entitled “When the Walls Talk Back: Black Women's Experience in the Graduate Classroom,” and her committee is Gwendolyn Pough (co-chair), Aja Martinez (co-chair, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Alicia K. Hatcher, and Carmen Kynard (TCU). Professor Kendra DeLoach McCutcheon (School of Social Work) served as defense chair.