Many congratulations to Sarah Traylor for successfully defending her dissertation "Sacred Journeys in a Secular Age: Pilgrimage in Contemporary German Literature" with co-advisors Dr. Byram and Dr. Malkmus and committee members Dr. Holub and Dr. Mergenthaler. Thank you also to Dr. Jusdanis.

Sarah will continue research on pilgrimage and travel literature and will teach for our department this fall.