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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="elementToProof">Warm congratulation to Zahra Abedi, who has just passed her candidacy exams, with a committee
comprising Katey Borland, Melissa Curley, Dorry Noyes (chair), and Hugh Urban. Zahra moves forward to a dissertation on affect in women's ritual participation.
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<b><span style="color:#C82613;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="en-US">Dorothy Noyes</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="en-US"></span></p>
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