diff --git a/tex/references.bib b/tex/references.bib
index f52e9c6..5ceb261 100644
--- a/tex/references.bib
+++ b/tex/references.bib
@@ -2794,6 +2794,15 @@ CONCLUSIONS: We developed a simplified, semi-closed system for the initial selec
   publisher = {American Chemical Society ({ACS})},
 }
 
+@Book{Pearl2018,
+  author    = {Pearl, Judea},
+  publisher = {Basic Books},
+  title     = {The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect},
+  year      = {2018},
+  address   = {New York},
+  isbn      = {046509760X},
+}
+
 @Comment{jabref-meta: databaseType:bibtex;}
 
 @Comment{jabref-meta: grouping:
diff --git a/tex/thesis.tex b/tex/thesis.tex
index 2967308..87d1ac3 100644
--- a/tex/thesis.tex
+++ b/tex/thesis.tex
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
 \renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
 \renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
 
+\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{0.5in}
+\setlength{\cfttabnumwidth}{0.5in}
+
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % acronyms for the lazy
 %
@@ -389,6 +392,8 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 
+\pagenumbering{gobble}
+
 \begin{titlepage}
   \begin{mytitlepage}
     \mytitle{}
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@
 
       \vspace{1.5em}
 
-      Nathan John Dwarshuis, B.S. \\
+      Nathan John Dwarshuis \\
 
       \vfill
 
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@
       \vfill
 
       Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University \\
-      August 2021
+      December 2021
 
       \vfill
 
@@ -427,7 +432,8 @@
   \end{mytitlepage}
 \end{titlepage}
 
-\onecolumn \pagenumbering{roman}
+
+\onecolumn
 \clearpage
 \begin{mytitlepage}
   \mytitle{}
@@ -484,18 +490,24 @@
 
 \vspace*{\fill}
 
-\begin{quote}
-You cannot answer a question that you cannot ask, and you cannot ask a
-question for which you have no words.
+\begin{center}
+  You cannot answer a question that you cannot ask, and you cannot ask a
+  question for which you have no words.
 
-\hfill \textit{-- Judea Pearl}
-\end{quote}
+  \medskip
+
+  \textit{Judea Pearl -- The Book of Why} 
+
+  \nocite{Pearl2018}
+\end{center}
 
 \vspace{1in}
 \vspace*{\fill}
 
 \clearpage
 
+\pagenumbering{roman}
+
 \chapter*{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ACKNOWLEDGMENTS} 
 
@@ -510,7 +522,7 @@ for assisting with the animal studies, and Miguel Armenta Ochoa and Ritika Jain
 for their assistance as well as their ideas for new directions of this work as
 they continue it beyond my tenure. I would also like to thank the undergraduates
 and high school students I had the pleasure of mentoring, Anokhi Patel, Kate
-Richardson, Zahra Mousavi Karimi, Sambhav Jain, Lauren Bailey.
+Richardson, Zahra Mousavi Karimi, Sambhav Jain, and Lauren Bailey.
 
 Beyond the Roy lab, I should thank the Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT)
 family at large, especially our collaborators Art Edison, Max Colonna, Wandaliz
@@ -522,7 +534,7 @@ Aaron Lifland, and Paramita Chatterjee.
 
 Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family for their unconditional
 support throughout this process, as well as Arch Enemy and Megadeth
-for obvious reasons :)
+because reasons.
 
 \clearpage
 
@@ -530,13 +542,13 @@ for obvious reasons :)
 
 \clearpage
 
-\listoffigures
-\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES} 
+\listoftables
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES} 
 
 \clearpage
 
-\listoftables
-\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES} 
+\listoffigures
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES} 
 
 \clearpage
 
@@ -548,9 +560,6 @@ ABBREVIATIONS,style=index]
 \printglossary[type=symbolslist,title=LIST OF SYMBOLS,toctitle=LIST OF SYMBOLS,
 style=index]
 
-\clearpage
-\pagenumbering{arabic}
-
 \clearpage
 
 \chapter*{summary}
@@ -582,6 +591,8 @@ method which can be utilized at scale for a clinical trial and beyond.
 
 \clearpage
 
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
+
 \chapter{INTRODUCTION}
 
 \section*{overview}
@@ -1414,7 +1425,7 @@ bead-based T cell expansion technology\footnote{adapted from \dmspaper{}}.
   \includegraphics{../figures/dms_flowchart.png}
 
   \endgroup
-  \caption[\gls{dms} Flowchart]{Overview of \gls{dms} manufacturing process.}
+  \caption[\Acrshort{dms} Flowchart]{Overview of \gls{dms} manufacturing process.}
   \label{fig:dms_flowchart}
 \end{figure*}
 
@@ -2552,7 +2563,7 @@ tissue-culture plates.
   \includegraphics{../figures/nonstick.png}
 
   \endgroup
-  \caption[\glspl{mab} do not detach from \glspl{dms}]
+  \caption[\acrshort{mab} do not detach from \glspl{dms}]
   {\glspl{mab} do not detach from microcarriers onto T cells in a detectable
     manner. Plots are representative manufacturing runs harvest after
     \SI{14}{\day} of expansion and stained with \anti{\gls{igg}}.