Dear all, I am excited to inform you that today Iman successfully defended his manuscript-style dissertation on "Public Health Emergencies and Public Opinion on Social Media: A Framing and Network Agenda-Setting Study of COVID-19." Iman's first manuscript on "Framing of and attention to COVID-19 on Twitter: A thematic analysis of hashtags" is currently under review in a top-tier journal. His second manuscript on "How does WHO influence followers on Twitter? Network agenda-setting of COVID-19" will soon be under review. He is co-authoring both manuscripts with all members of his dissertation committee: Drs. Devendra Potnis, Vandana Singh, Laura Miller, and Ehsan Mohammadi (South Carolina). You can congratulate Dr. Tahamtan at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. -Devendra Chair, Iman's Dissertation Committee Devendra Potnis, PhD Associate Professor School of Information Sciences The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Website<https://sis.utk.edu/dp/> | +1-865-974-8612 | Zoom Meeting Room<https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/9553051283>