Acknowledgments

A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE

Holly E. Burgess

Would like to thank:

HER DISSERTATION COMMITTEE

dIRECTOR:

Associate Professor of English,
Arizona State University

committee member:

Associate Professor of English, Literature and Languages Department,
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside

co-dIRECTOR:

Harry G. John Professor, Associate Professor of History, and Director of CURTO,
Marquette University

committee member:

Associate Professor, English,
Marquette University

​Committee Scholarship

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

*(Currently Outreach and Development Director at Milwaukee Community Sailing Center)

HER Sponsors & Benefactors

Doctoral Fellowship Support

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. 

Cyril E. SMITH FAMILY TRUST

Marquette University’s,
​Diversity Fellowship Fund

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

​Family & friends


​Her family, friends, and everyone who has assisted her on her academic journey thus far.

Special Thanks to
Ms. Helen B. Smith

Thank You!

Thank you all for your time, patience, and investment in Holly's future.

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