Viola Burlew
@violaburlew.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in History at CU Boulder. Comic and gender historian. Aspiring Wonder Woman expert. She/her.
Happy #WonderWoman Day! For a single character to have an 84 year legacy is a testament to our cultural belief in, and love for, the superheroine. Her stories are our history and I’m ever eager to see what she becomes next. Here’s to the Amazon of Paradise Island and all she’s been thus far! 💙💫❤️
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Happy #WonderWoman Day! For a single character to have an 84 year legacy is a testament to our cultural belief in, and love for, the superheroine. Her stories are our history and I’m ever eager to see what she becomes next. Here’s to the Amazon of Paradise Island and all she’s been thus far! 💙💫❤️
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📅 Upcoming Webinar – August 12 | 5pm ET
How did WWII shape US racial politics—and how can educators teach these complex histories today?
🎙️ Part of our US History at 250 series
🗓️ August 12 | 5pm ET
👉 Register now: ow.ly/cr8c50WAn0r
How did WWII shape US racial politics—and how can educators teach these complex histories today?
🎙️ Part of our US History at 250 series
🗓️ August 12 | 5pm ET
👉 Register now: ow.ly/cr8c50WAn0r
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
📅 Upcoming Webinar – August 12 | 5pm ET
How did WWII shape US racial politics—and how can educators teach these complex histories today?
🎙️ Part of our US History at 250 series
🗓️ August 12 | 5pm ET
👉 Register now: ow.ly/cr8c50WAn0r
How did WWII shape US racial politics—and how can educators teach these complex histories today?
🎙️ Part of our US History at 250 series
🗓️ August 12 | 5pm ET
👉 Register now: ow.ly/cr8c50WAn0r
This series is changing the Wonder Woman game— congrats to the whole team!! 🖤❤️💫
#SDCC25 The Eisner Award for Best New Series goes to ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, published by DC
July 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This series is changing the Wonder Woman game— congrats to the whole team!! 🖤❤️💫
Presenting as part of the poster session today at SDCC! Room 26AB at 2:00pm— chatting about all things comics, censorship, and Wonder Woman! 💫
July 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Presenting as part of the poster session today at SDCC! Room 26AB at 2:00pm— chatting about all things comics, censorship, and Wonder Woman! 💫
So thrilled to have contributed to @oah.org’s “The American Historian” magazine! The lesson that this article draws from has been one of my favorite to teach over the last several years— thank you @drmendozan.bsky.social for the opportunity to share this in your classroom and beyond!
The second article is written by one of our grad students, @violaburlew.bsky.social, and is an excellent piece on how to teach about race during the war through visual analysis of propaganda posters (she's taught this in my WWII class--it's excellent!).
May 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So thrilled to have contributed to @oah.org’s “The American Historian” magazine! The lesson that this article draws from has been one of my favorite to teach over the last several years— thank you @drmendozan.bsky.social for the opportunity to share this in your classroom and beyond!
Reposted by Viola Burlew
The third article is by my colleague, Tom Zeiler, and it describes the development of internationalism in the postwar period.
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The third article is by my colleague, Tom Zeiler, and it describes the development of internationalism in the postwar period.
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The second article is written by one of our grad students, @violaburlew.bsky.social, and is an excellent piece on how to teach about race during the war through visual analysis of propaganda posters (she's taught this in my WWII class--it's excellent!).
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The second article is written by one of our grad students, @violaburlew.bsky.social, and is an excellent piece on how to teach about race during the war through visual analysis of propaganda posters (she's taught this in my WWII class--it's excellent!).
Reposted by Viola Burlew
My article "Wartime Race Politics in the World War II Era" describes the political landscape that is the setting of my book GOOD NEIGHBOR AT HOME: MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE WORLD WAR II ERA.
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My article "Wartime Race Politics in the World War II Era" describes the political landscape that is the setting of my book GOOD NEIGHBOR AT HOME: MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE WORLD WAR II ERA.
Reposted by Viola Burlew
🗃️ @oah.org magazine THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN is commemorating the US at 250 via multiple issues organized by theme/periodization. The spring 2025 issue is "America in a World at War" and three of us at CU Boulder have contributed to it:
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
🗃️ @oah.org magazine THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN is commemorating the US at 250 via multiple issues organized by theme/periodization. The spring 2025 issue is "America in a World at War" and three of us at CU Boulder have contributed to it:
Breaking the lurking silence on this app to say I’m presenting this weekend at PCA in NOLA! Thursday at the 11:30 WandaVision session. So excited to be here!
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Breaking the lurking silence on this app to say I’m presenting this weekend at PCA in NOLA! Thursday at the 11:30 WandaVision session. So excited to be here!
Presenting today at #WonderCon! Talking through gender representation in historical comics as part of a fabulous panel of comics historians. CAC Session #5 at 12pm— “Comics Histories.” So excited! #WonderCon24
March 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Presenting today at #WonderCon! Talking through gender representation in historical comics as part of a fabulous panel of comics historians. CAC Session #5 at 12pm— “Comics Histories.” So excited! #WonderCon24
En route to #WonderCon24 today and part of the “Comics Histories” panel Saturday at 12:00pm PST! So so so excited! #WonderCon
March 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM
En route to #WonderCon24 today and part of the “Comics Histories” panel Saturday at 12:00pm PST! So so so excited! #WonderCon
The envious spark I have when I see people reviewing new comic releases! Whatever career moves I need to make to start being an advanced reader for those books, I’d like to start making them now!
January 14, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The envious spark I have when I see people reviewing new comic releases! Whatever career moves I need to make to start being an advanced reader for those books, I’d like to start making them now!
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A thrilling academic journal review about the value of LIEBESTRASSE in teaching the history of Germany and World War 2! Thank you, @violaburlew.bsky.social and @drmendozan.bsky.social!
@greglockard.bsky.social, Tim Fish, Hector Barros, and @letteringbear.bsky.social's graphic novel, Liebestrasse, reviewed by @violaburlew.bsky.social. openjournals.bsu.edu/teachinghist... 3/
December 12, 2023 at 2:46 AM
A thrilling academic journal review about the value of LIEBESTRASSE in teaching the history of Germany and World War 2! Thank you, @violaburlew.bsky.social and @drmendozan.bsky.social!
Got to chat all things MCU, including The Marvels, on the latest episode of Pretty Much Pop. Give it a listen at the link below, or check it out on the Partially Examined Life page on Spotify! prettymuchpop.com/2023/12/10/p...
PMP#163: Marvel Fatigue?
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December 11, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Got to chat all things MCU, including The Marvels, on the latest episode of Pretty Much Pop. Give it a listen at the link below, or check it out on the Partially Examined Life page on Spotify! prettymuchpop.com/2023/12/10/p...
Reposted by Viola Burlew
Looking for ways to include queer perspectives in your history class? Or ideas for using graphic novels to teach history?
Then check out this👇🏽 review on Liebestrasse, a graphic novel on queer love in the WWII era, by @violaburlew.bsky.social!
Then check out this👇🏽 review on Liebestrasse, a graphic novel on queer love in the WWII era, by @violaburlew.bsky.social!
@greglockard.bsky.social, Tim Fish, Hector Barros, and @letteringbear.bsky.social's graphic novel, Liebestrasse, reviewed by @violaburlew.bsky.social. openjournals.bsu.edu/teachinghist... 3/
December 2, 2023 at 3:38 AM
Looking for ways to include queer perspectives in your history class? Or ideas for using graphic novels to teach history?
Then check out this👇🏽 review on Liebestrasse, a graphic novel on queer love in the WWII era, by @violaburlew.bsky.social!
Then check out this👇🏽 review on Liebestrasse, a graphic novel on queer love in the WWII era, by @violaburlew.bsky.social!
Really excited to have been involved in this issue of Teaching History! Thank you @drmendozan.bsky.social and the whole team involved! Articles and reviews in the thread below!
The open-access 2023 issue of Teaching History is now available!
Read great articles AND reviews on materials and resources for supporting our work as scholarly teachers!
The latter holds a special place for me as the journal's new Reviews Editor. Read reviews on:
Read great articles AND reviews on materials and resources for supporting our work as scholarly teachers!
The latter holds a special place for me as the journal's new Reviews Editor. Read reviews on:
Available now! The open-access 2023 issue of Teaching History: tinyurl.com/THAJM Check out our special section, "History Fun & Games," for ideas about gamification & other creative approaches to teaching history & social studies. Also an intro from the new Reviews Editor @drmendozan.bsky.social
December 1, 2023 at 7:35 PM
Really excited to have been involved in this issue of Teaching History! Thank you @drmendozan.bsky.social and the whole team involved! Articles and reviews in the thread below!
Enjoying a very productive fall break…
November 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Enjoying a very productive fall break…