Danny LaChance, PhD '11, wasone of two finalists in the 2011 Council of Graduate Schools / ProQuestDistinguished Dissertation in the Humanities award. Bestowed annually since 1982, this nationalcompetition recognizes recent doctoral recipients who have already madeunusually significant and original contributions to their fields. ProQuest, the world's premier dissertation publisher,sponsors the awards and an independent committee from the Council of GraduateSchools selects the winners.