Wendyliz Martinez is the Research & Digital Media Associate (NJRV) 2024 ACLS Leading Edge Fellow at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

Wendyliz Martinez is 2024 ACLS Leading Edge fellow where she will be working with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in developing a digital humanities project related to the history of slavery within the state of New Jersey. She earned a PhD in English and African American Studies at Penn State University. She is a City College of New York and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow alumna. She is currently writing about Black girlhood and its depictions on social media, film, and literature. She also has interests in art practices from Black communities and its impact on our understanding of Blackness as well as its role in preserving histories.