He has presented his work on Milton and African American literature and culture at the Modern Language Association; The International Milton Symposium in Tokyo, Japan; the African American Studies Spring Symposium at the University of Texas, San Antonio; and the Northeast Milton Seminar. Wilburn’s award winning work, Preaching the Gospel of Black Revolt: Appropriating Milton in Early African American Literature published by Duquesne University Press in March, 2014, continues to garner national and international attention.