PUBLIC NOTICE | FORMAL CEASE AND DESIST
holly burgess issues FORMAL CEASE & DESIST to Marquette university
Sun 04/05/26 10:03 PM
NOTICE OF RESCISSION
Monday, April 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ALL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE REGARDING MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, ITS ADMINISTRATION, AND ITS DONOR NETWORKS ARE HEREBY FORMALLY RESCINDED.
This action is taken pending the outcome of a Federal Civil Rights and Whistleblower Audit.
This site and its associated research on "Transcribing Brutality" now serve as a record of administrative and fiduciary negligence. Any further unauthorized use of my likeness or intellectual property by the institution is subject to immediate legal action.
Acknowledgments
A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE
Holly E. BurgessWould like to thank:
HER DISSERTATION COMMITTEE
dIRECTOR
Associate Professor of English,
Arizona State University
co-dIRECTOR:
Harry G. John Professor of History and
Director of CURTO,
Marquette University
committee member:
Associate Professor, Literature and Languages Department,
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside
committee member:
Associate Professor, English,
Marquette University
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"Novel Bodies: Disability and Sexuality in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850)" by Dr. Jason Farr
HER UNIVERSITIES
Marquette University's
English DepartmenT
*Currently at The University of Minnesota
Marquette University’s
Graduate School
Marquette University’s
Career Center
Marquette University’s
Raynor Library
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside's
Literature and Languages Department
Foundational Mentors
Dr. Jay McRoy
Dr. María del Carmen Martínez,
Dr. Teresa Coronado *
*(Currently Outreach and Development Director at Milwaukee Community Sailing Center)
HER Sponsors & Benefactors
Special thanks to The Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation, the Cyril E. Smith Family Trust, and Marquette University's Diversity Fellowship, whose fellowships made her dissertation and doctoral degree possible.
Doctoral Fellowship Support
Research & Travel Benefactors
Marquette University
The Bo and Candy Ellis Student Success Fund
(Shaka and Maya Smart)
Marquette’s Social Innovation Initiative
Marquette University's Libraries
Mt. Mary University
Bedford/St. Martin's
The Center for Peacemaking
Student Professional Development Fund
Career Services Center Student Professional Development Fund Made Possible By:
Public Libraries
Graham Public Library
Mercer County library system
Intellectual Ancestry
Special Thanks to my selected Black scholar-activists—Malcolm, Huey, Tupac, and Angie.
You are the inspiration for my work.
Thanks for being my intellectual ancestors.
The Architects
The Voice
The Narrator
Her Parents
Laurie Burgess
Greg Burgess
Her Family & Friends
Special Thanks to Ms. Helen B. Smith
Her family, friends, and everyone
who has assisted her on her academic journey thus far.
Thank You!Thank you all for your time, patience,
and investment in Holly's future.
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Last updated: April 2026