diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6314db99..872096bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    bolognese (1.8.8)
+    bolognese (1.8.9)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.5)
       benchmark_methods (~> 0.7)
       bibtex-ruby (>= 5.1.0)
diff --git a/lib/bolognese/readers/crossref_reader.rb b/lib/bolognese/readers/crossref_reader.rb
index b2fcfed2..ec474ef4 100644
--- a/lib/bolognese/readers/crossref_reader.rb
+++ b/lib/bolognese/readers/crossref_reader.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def read_crossref(string: nil, **options)
           bibliographic_metadata = meta.dig("crossref", "report_paper", "report_paper_metadata").to_h
           resource_type = "report"
         when "peer_review"
-          bibliographic_metadata = meta.dig("crossref", "peer_review").to_h
+          bibliographic_metadata = meta.dig("crossref", "peer_review")
+        when "dissertation"
+          bibliographic_metadata = meta.dig("crossref", "dissertation")
         end
 
         resource_type = (resource_type || model).to_s.underscore.camelcase.presence
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ def crossref_license(program_metadata)
       end
 
       def crossref_people(bibliographic_metadata, contributor_role)
-        person = bibliographic_metadata.dig("contributors", "person_name")
+        person = bibliographic_metadata.dig("contributors", "person_name") || bibliographic_metadata.dig("person_name")
         organization = Array.wrap(bibliographic_metadata.dig("contributors", "organization"))
         person = [{ "name" => ":(unav)", "contributor_role"=>"author" }] if contributor_role == "author" && Array.wrap(person).select { |a| a["contributor_role"] == "author" }.blank? && Array.wrap(organization).select { |a| a["contributor_role"] == "author" }.blank?
 
diff --git a/lib/bolognese/version.rb b/lib/bolognese/version.rb
index fd20d36e..50d4d3d2 100644
--- a/lib/bolognese/version.rb
+++ b/lib/bolognese/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Bolognese
-  VERSION = "1.8.8"
+  VERSION = "1.8.9"
 end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Bolognese_Metadata/get_crossref_metadata/dissertation.yml b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Bolognese_Metadata/get_crossref_metadata/dissertation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb444078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Bolognese_Metadata/get_crossref_metadata/dissertation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://doi.org/ra/10.14264
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Maremma/4.7.1; mailto:info@datacite.org)
+      Accept:
+      - text/html,application/json,application/xml;q=0.9, text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: ''
+    headers:
+      Date:
+      - Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:37:48 GMT
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Set-Cookie:
+      - __cfduid=dd2a5efda710f4da2c27722ecdb7d162d1598089068; expires=Mon, 21-Sep-20
+        09:37:48 GMT; path=/; domain=.doi.org; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax; Secure
+      Cf-Cache-Status:
+      - DYNAMIC
+      Cf-Request-Id:
+      - 04b72118d7000064a35e821200000001
+      Expect-Ct:
+      - max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
+      Strict-Transport-Security:
+      - max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
+      Server:
+      - cloudflare
+      Cf-Ray:
+      - 5c6b9e07ba4164a3-FRA
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: |-
+        [
+          {
+            "DOI": "10.14264",
+            "RA": "Crossref"
+          }
+        ]
+    http_version:
+  recorded_at: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:37:48 GMT
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.14264/uql.2020.791/transform/application/vnd.crossref.unixsd+xml
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Maremma/4.7.1; mailto:info@datacite.org)
+      Accept:
+      - text/xml
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      Link:
+      - <http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/uql.2020.791>; rel="canonical", <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-4443>;
+        title="Patricia Maree Collingwood"; rel="author"
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - "*"
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - X-Requested-With
+      Content-Length:
+      - '2769'
+      Server:
+      - http-kit
+      Date:
+      - Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:37:49 GMT
+      X-Rate-Limit-Limit:
+      - '50'
+      X-Rate-Limit-Interval:
+      - 1s
+      Connection:
+      - close
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<crossref_result xmlns=\"http://www.crossref.org/qrschema/3.0\"
+        version=\"3.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://www.crossref.org/qrschema/3.0
+        http://www.crossref.org/schemas/crossref_query_output3.0.xsd\">\r\n  <query_result>\r\n
+        \   <head>\r\n      <doi_batch_id>none</doi_batch_id>\r\n    </head>\r\n    <body>\r\n
+        \     <query status=\"resolved\">\r\n        <doi type=\"dissertation\">10.14264/uql.2020.791</doi>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"publisher-name\" type=\"string\">University of Queensland
+        Library</crm-item>\r\n        <crm-item name=\"prefix-name\" type=\"string\">University
+        of Queensland Library</crm-item>\r\n        <crm-item name=\"member-id\" type=\"number\">5387</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"citation-id\" type=\"number\">116937436</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"book-id\" type=\"number\">1346666</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"deposit-timestamp\" type=\"number\">1591592933</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"owner-prefix\" type=\"string\">10.14264</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"last-update\" type=\"date\">2020-06-08T05:08:59Z</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"created\" type=\"date\">2020-06-08T05:08:58Z</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <crm-item name=\"citedby-count\" type=\"number\">0</crm-item>\r\n
+        \       <doi_record>\r\n          <crossref xmlns=\"http://www.crossref.org/xschema/1.1\"
+        xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://www.crossref.org/xschema/1.1 http://doi.crossref.org/schemas/unixref1.1.xsd\">\r\n
+        \           <dissertation>\r\n              <person_name sequence=\"first\"
+        contributor_role=\"author\">\r\n                <given_name>Patricia Maree</given_name>\r\n
+        \               <surname>Collingwood</surname>\r\n                <ORCID authenticated=\"true\">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-4443</ORCID>\r\n
+        \             </person_name>\r\n              <titles>\r\n                <title>School
+        truancy and financial independence during emerging adulthood: a longitudinal
+        analysis of receipt of and reliance on cash transfers</title>\r\n              </titles>\r\n
+        \             <approval_date>\r\n                <month>05</month>\r\n                <day>25</day>\r\n
+        \               <year>2020</year>\r\n              </approval_date>\r\n              <institution>\r\n
+        \               <institution_name>The University of Queensland</institution_name>\r\n
+        \               <institution_department>School of Social Science</institution_department>\r\n
+        \             </institution>\r\n              <degree>PhD Thesis</degree>\r\n
+        \             <doi_data>\r\n                <doi>10.14264/uql.2020.791</doi>\r\n
+        \               <resource>http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:23a1e74</resource>\r\n
+        \             </doi_data>\r\n            </dissertation>\r\n          </crossref>\r\n
+        \       </doi_record>\r\n      </query>\r\n    </body>\r\n  </query_result>\r\n</crossref_result>"
+    http_version:
+  recorded_at: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:37:49 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 3.0.3
diff --git a/spec/readers/crossref_reader_spec.rb b/spec/readers/crossref_reader_spec.rb
index 9cc6b799..4887198c 100644
--- a/spec/readers/crossref_reader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/readers/crossref_reader_spec.rb
@@ -201,6 +201,30 @@
       expect(subject.agency).to eq("crossref")
     end
 
+    it "dissertation" do
+      input = "https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2020.791"
+      subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input)
+      expect(subject.valid?).to be true
+      expect(subject.url).to eq("http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:23a1e74")
+      expect(subject.types).to eq("bibtex"=>"phdthesis", "citeproc"=>"thesis", "resourceType"=>"Dissertation", "resourceTypeGeneral"=>"Text", "ris"=>"THES", "schemaOrg"=>"Thesis")
+      expect(subject.creators).to eq([{"familyName"=>"Collingwood",
+        "givenName"=>"Patricia Maree",
+        "name"=>"Collingwood, Patricia Maree",
+        "nameIdentifiers"=>
+          [{"nameIdentifier"=>"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-4443",
+            "nameIdentifierScheme"=>"ORCID",
+           "schemeUri"=>"https://orcid.org"}],
+           "nameType"=>"Personal"}])
+      expect(subject.titles).to eq([{"title"=>"School truancy and financial independence during emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of receipt of and reliance on cash transfers"}])
+      expect(subject.id).to eq("https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2020.791")
+      expect(subject.identifiers).to be_empty
+      expect(subject.descriptions).to be_empty
+      expect(subject.dates).to include({"date"=>"2020-06-08", "dateType"=>"Issued"})
+      expect(subject.publication_year).to eq("2020")
+      expect(subject.publisher).to eq("University of Queensland Library")
+      expect(subject.agency).to eq("crossref")
+    end
+
     it "DOI with SICI DOI" do
       input = "https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2832:tiopma]2.0.co;2"
       subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input)