You are invited to attend and participate in the oral doctoral examination of Matthew Stewart, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs candidate for the Ph.D. degree, which will be held on Monday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 151 Eggers Hall.

Stewart’s advisor is Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Tara Penry, Jeffrey Gonda, Mark Schmeller and Robert Wilson. Professor Grant Reeher will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “The Most Beautiful Place on Earth: Wallace Stegner in California, 1945-1993.”