On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Veralucia Mendes-Kramer, Ph.D. candidate in Learning Design and Technology program successfully defended her dissertation “A Crisis is Looming: How a Needs Assessment of the Pathologists' Assistant Curriculum may be the Answer to Decreasing the Forensic Pathologist Workload and Workforce Shortages.” Dr. Kramer’s committee members are Dr. Monica Tracey, major advisor; Dr. William Hill; Dr. Meina Zhu; and Dr. Christina DeNicolo.