APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.HOLLY E. BURGESS’S POEM “WITH BATED BREATH (IN MEMORY OF GREG)” ON DISPLAY APRIL 16-30TH, 2026 AT
LAKE GENEVA PUBLIC LIBRARY (918 W Main St, Lake Geneva, WI 53147)
Digital Projects
Bridging the gap between the archive and the classroom through digital humanities,
featuring a curated playlist and visual research posters on Black revolutionary thought.
Poster Presentations
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![Academic poster about teaching Anderson .Paak's music video "Lockdown" about the Black Lives Matter Movement.]()
“Revolution Amidst Lockdown: Black Lives Matter in Anderson .Paak’s “Lockdown”
Flash Talk, Writing Innovation Symposium, Mise en Place
Marquette University
January 2025 -
![An academic poster for teaching Janelle Monáe's "Dirty Computer" book.]()
"Freezing Time: The Role of the Timebox in Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
Flash Talk, Writing Innovation Symposium, Writing Humans, Marquette University
February 2024 -
![Academic poster on Janelle Monáe, Afrofuturism, and queer theory by Ph.D. Candidate Holly Burgess.]()
"'Love Me for Who I Am': Intersectional Feminism, Queer Love, and Rebellion in Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer and The Memory Librarian"
Poster Presentation, Courageous Collaborations Conference, Institute for Women's Leadership, Marquette University
March 2023 -
![Research poster 'The People Are Rising' by Holly Burgess, mapping a Black activist genealogy from Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter.]()
“‘The People Are Rising’: Revolution and Violence in African American Social Movements and Literature”
Graduate School Research Poster Competition
The Office of Research and Innovation and Marquette Graduate School
Marquette University
February 2023 -
![Academic poster called "Git Woke" about teaching AAVE in First Year English classrooms]()
"'Git Woke': Incorporating African American Vernacular English into the Composition Classroom"
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University Poster Conference
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
December 2016
Digital Humanities & Pedagogical Methods
Methods & Tools
Archival Research: Analysis of historical speeches and documents.
Digital Curation: Apple Music for sonic archiving. Canva, Pages, and PowerPoint for digital humanities design.
Pedagogical Design: Using African American texts like Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer, Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give to teach Afrofuturism, Black social movements, and queer theory.
“Transcribing Brutality” mixtape
