Havva Ayça Alan, one of the doctoral students in our department, defended her thesis entitled "Critical literacy for sustainable consumption in early childhood education context: Pre-service Teachers experiences" which she conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Refika Olgan, and was found to be successful on March 5, 2025. We would like to thank her advisor, Prof. Dr. Refika Olgan, and committee members Prof. Dr. Dilek Altun,  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Bayraktar Sullivan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Sevimli Çelik  and Assist. Prof. Dr. Fatma Yalçın for their valuable contributions. We wish her all the success in the future.