The History of Art Department congratulates Karin Flora on successfully defending her dissertation, "Fictive Materiality and the Grisaille Image: Encounters between Art and Matter." Karin was advised by Professor Christian Kleinbub; also serving on her dissertation committee were Professors Karl Whittington, Andrew Shelton, Byron Hamman, and Assistant Professor Kristen Adams. Congratulations, Karin, on reaching this important milestone!