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EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE REGARDING MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, ITS ADMINISTRATION, AND ITS DONOR NETWORKS ARE HEREBY FORMALLY RESCINDED.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.

Academic Service

Professional Service

Conference Chair/Moderator

Chair, Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies

2026

Permanent Section
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention

Panel
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention

Moderator, Women Authors of the Nineteenth Century


2022

Panel
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention

Moderator, Constructing Literary and Real-World Histories


2022


Academic service

Marquette University: University Level

Professor Pizzaz

2023

Student Nomination
Eleventh Anniversary
Urban Scholars Program


Marquette University: Department Level

Sigma Tau Delta-Beta Delta

2023–present

Member


Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Access Steering Committee  

2023–2024

Committee Member

Association of English Graduate Students


2022–2024

Committee Member


The University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Department Level

Sigma Tau Delta-Tau Psi

2014–2015

Officer, Graphic Designer, and Member


pROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Literature Association


2026–present

American Historical Association

2026–present


Midwest Modern Language Association

2021–present


Beta Delta, Marquette University’s chapter
Tau Psi, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s chapter

Sigma Tau Delta: International English Honor Society

2014–present

2023–present


2014–2015