Juanie N. Walker

Professor Emerita of Communication

Communication Division, Seaver College

310.506.4036

Biography

Juanie holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Southern California, and an M.A. in communication and B.A. in journalism and advertising from Pepperdine University. She is a professor emerita who taught courses and advised students as a tenure-track faculty member for 30 years at Seaver College in the master’s and bachelor’s programs in communication. Her specializations are organizational communication, communication ethics, ethnographic methodology, and vocational calling. Her research is focused on the role of communication in transformational development, education, and social enterprise organizations. At Pepperdine, she also worked as a grant writer and assistant director of foundation and corporate relations and as an adjunct faculty member of communication, each for three years. She and her husband, Michael, live in Newbury Park, and have two wonderful sons, Jacob and Woodrow.

Education

PhD, Communication, University of Southern California, 1994
MA, Communication, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, 1987
BA, Journalism & Advertising, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, 1984

Research
Awards
Presentations

Bauer, S., Walker, J. N., Fischbach, S., & Labban, A. (October, 2024). Teaching Ethics in Communication and Business Courses: Standard Video versus Virtual Reality. Journal of Business & Technical Communication.
Walker, J. N. & Ghodasara, H. (November 2019). Transformational development and social capital: Jaipur Rugs and Gram Vikas on both sides of the threshold," Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2019.1671482.
Walker, J. N., Zavala Perez, M., & Tefertiller, S. (February 2016). Transformational Learning Through International Community Engagement. Institute for the Liberal Arts Conference Proceedings Annual Conversation (Social Entrepreneurship), Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
Walker, J. N. & Andreas, D. (April 2013). Shifting Mental Models: Mapping, Engaged Reflection, and Transformative Practice, Office of Institutional Research Brief: Student Learning, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
Walker, J. N. (Fall 2008). Teaching Paradoxical Thinking in Christian Education. Journal of Faith and the Academy, Faulkner University, Montgomery, AL, 13 - 25.
Walker, J. N. (Winter 2008). Review of Quentin Schultze's Here I Am: [Now What on Earth Should I be Doing?], Journal of Communication & Religion.
Walker, J. N. (2005, June). Exploring Vocational Calling through Narratives. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 30(1).
Walker, J. N. (2001). Pragmatic Paradoxes of Female Academicians at a Christian University: Ethnography and Narrative Analysis of Contested and Authored Authority. Research on Christian Higher Education, 8, 19-42.
Walker, J. N. & Walker, M. G. (2000, May). Managing After the Merger: The Challenges of Employee Feedback and Performance Appraisals Case Analysis. Management Communication Quarterly, 13(3), 685-694.

Recipient, Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
- Recipient, Summer Undergraduate Research Grant, 2018

Recipient, Community Engagement/Service Learning Grant, 2013-14, 2006-07
Affiliations: National Communication Association, Religious Communication Association, Western States Communication Association, International Communication Association

Walker, J. N., Ghodasara, H, & Mohan, M. “Transformational development and social capital: Jaipur Rugs.” Cultural Economics Online Seminar, Association for Cultural Economics International, February 14, 2023.
Walker, J. N. & Ghodasara, H. “Transformational development and social capital: Jaipur Rugs and Gram Vikas on both sides of the threshold,” research presentation and recommendations to Jaipur Rugs Corporation, July 17, 2020.
Walker, J. N. & Walker, J. O. “Constitutive Communication at Amazima: Pursuing Truth & Breaking Double Binds,” Competitive Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Convention, Denver, February 2020.
Walker, J. N. & Ghodasara, H. “Case study of transformative social enterprise in India: Jaipur Rugs and Gram Vikas on both sides of the threshold,” Competitive Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Convention, Santa Clara, February 2018.
Walker, J. N. & Hews, R. “Transformational Faith & the Helping-Hurting Bind,” Competitive Paper, Religious Communication Interest Group, National Communication Association Convention, Philadelphia, November 2016.
Walker, J. N. “The Place Where Your Deep Gladness and the World’s Deep Need Meet: Exploring and Engaging the Meaning of Calling at Christian Colleges and Universities,” Panel Presentation, Religious Communication Interest Group, National Communication Association Convention, Philadelphia, November 2016.
Walker, J. N. & Hews, R. “Transformation & the Helping-Hurting Bind,” Competitive Paper, Organizational Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, San Diego, February 2016.

Topics

Organizational Communication
Transformational Development
Social Enterprise
Vocational Calling

Courses

Communication in Organizations
Training and Development
Advanced Organizational Communication
Organizational Communication Analysis
Communication Ethics
Communication Internship
First-year Seminar