A hearty congratulations to Lili Wang, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation today. Lili's dissertation is titled "Becoming Urban the Chinese Way: The Politics of Urban Planning and Urban Change in Nanjing, China." Lili's committee members were Ed Malecki, Nancy Ettlinger and adviser Max Woodworth. Lili will begin a postdoc at Chinese University of Hong Kong in January. Good luck, Lili!