You are invited to attend the dissertation defense of DeVos Graduate School DBA Candidate Valarie Taffs-Cook at 9:30 a.m. May 8. The title of her dissertation is Examining the Effects of Life-Changing Events on National Football League Quarterbacks in Relation to the Quarterback on Field Performance – A Quantitative Study. The aim of this study was to explore whether life-changing events (LCEs) have any connection to the performance of starting quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL), as measured by their quarterback rating (QBR). Learn more by attending her dissertation defense via Microsoft Teams by clicking this link.