Marie-Louise Ryan and Gabriel Tamariz completed their Ph.D candidacy exams in spring 2017, Megan Baumann and Ramzi Tubbeh in Fall 2017. Each of their candidacy committees involved two department faculty members in addition to Karl, who were as follows: Marie-Louise (Professor Lise Nelson and Professor Erica Smithwick); Gabriel (Professor Guido Cervone and Professor Melissa Wright); Megan (Professor Lorraine Dowler and Professor Erica Smithwick); and Ramzi (Professor Guido Cervone and Professor Chris Fowler).