Marquita Walker

• Chairperson, Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University Indianapolis, 2019 – Present
• Associate Professor, Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University Indianapolis, 2015 – Present
• Assistant Professor, Division of Labor Studies
  Indiana University Indianapolis, 2008 – 2014
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, University College
  Indiana University Indianapolis, 2009 – 2012

• Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
  2024 – Present
• University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)
  International, 2017 – Present
• Labor Educators Research Association (LERA)
  National, 2003 – Present
• United Association of Labor Educators (UALE)
  National, 2003 – 2012

• In-REG Degree Conferral Training; Distributed Schedule of Classes (dSOC); GenAL 101
  Indiana University, September 2025
• Demystifying AL and Other Digital Technologies
  UCLA Berkeley Webinar, May 2025
• Preparing for the Future: Workforce Transformation in the Age of Generative AI
  Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), April 2025
• ePortfolio Grant Recipients: Sharing Successes and Challenges
  Institute for Engaged Learning, February 2025
• Designing and Assessing Student Projects that Integrate Generative AI
  Adobe Education Team Webinar, September 2024
• Artificial Intelligence in College Settings: Best Practices for Student Success
  Webinar, September 2024
• The State of Generative AI in Higher Education
  Workshop, September 2024
• Generative AI & Course Policies
  Office of Learning and Design, August 2024
• AI: One Year Later – Integrating Generative AI Across the Curriculum
  Webinar, August 2024
• Where Are the Adult Learners?
  CAEL, July 2024
• NLRB Update
  Economic Policy Institute Webinar, June 2024
• Eportfolio Practice: From Research to Application
  Humanitix, June 2024
• The Future of Academic Internships
  May 2024
• Spaced Learning and New Quizzes in Canvas
  Center for Teaching and Learning, March 2024
• Training for Faculty Search Committees
  Office of Academic Affairs, November 2023
• ePortfolios on the Fives
  Institute for Engaged Learning, October 2023
• Compassionate Leadership Practice (EAB)
  October 2023
• Grant Writers’ Seminar: The Art of Grantsmanship
  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, April 2022
• LIFT Mentoring Circle
  Office of Academic Affairs, 2021 – Present
• IUSSW Faculty Mentoring Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work, 2016 – Present

• Major Course Revision
  L298: American Dream in the Age of Decline, 2025
• Major Course Revision
  L297: Strike: Labor Revolt in America, 2025
• Major Course Revision
  L384: Diversity and Inequality in America, 2025
• IU Expand Leadership and Administration Certificate Development
  Courses created: Class and Labor in Politics; Labor, Workers, the Workplace and Society; Union Structure; Mastering Union Leadership; Union Organizer in Training; Introduction to Grievance Handling; The Essentials of Collective Bargaining, 2024
• Major Course Revision
  L385: Class, Race, Gender, and Work, 2024
• Major Course Revision
  L375: Comparative Labor Movements, 2023
• Major Course Revision
  L399: Prior Learning Assessments, 2023
• Major Course Revision
  L199: ePortfolio Development Workshop, 2023
• Major Course Revision
  L390: Class and Labor in Politics, 2022
• Major Course Revision
  L320: Grievance Arbitration, 2022
• Major Course Revision
  L380: Theories of the Labor Movement, 2022
• New Course Development
  L430: Labor Research Methods, 2021
• New Course Development (Continuing Education)
  American Labor History, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 91, 2020
• New Course Development
  White Privilege in the Workplace: Origins, Culture, and Ideology, 2020
• New Curriculum Development
  General Education Courses, 2019
• Major Course Revision
  L290: Work Like a Girl: Women's Evolving Workplace Roles, 2017
• New Course Development
  L290: Protecting Workers' Rights in Global Supply Chains, 2017
• Major Course Revision
  LSTU 231: Globalization and Labor, 2016

Completed Teaching Grants/Fellowships

• Using e-Portfolios as a College to Career Tool
  Principal Investigator, Center for Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, $5,000, 2023
• New Course: Diversity and Inequality
  Co-Principal Investigator (with W. J. Mello), Center for Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, $5,000, 2019–2020

• Attracting, Hiring, and Retaining Women in the Building Trades Through the Inclusion of Mentoring Curricula in Union Apprenticeship Programs
  Principal Investigator, IUSSW Center for Social Health and Well-Being, $9,547, 2017–2018

Local

• Labor Law: Women in Trades
  Invited Lecture, Women Build Nations, North American Building Trades Unions (NABTU), 2017

State

• Organizing Low Wage Workers
  Refereed Conference Paper, Working Class Studies Conference, Indiana University Bloomington, 2017

National

• Women in Trades: Barriers and Challenges
  Poster Presentation, Research Day, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, 2016

Campus

• Closing the Gap: Empowering Conversations on Pay Equity
  Panelist, Indiana State Bar Association, October 22, 2024
• ePortfolio Excellence: Faculty Journeys and Success Stories
  Presenter, Institute for Engaged Learning, September 25, 2024

National

• Prior Learning Assessment for College-Level Credit
  Invited Rise and Shine Session, 2024 Assessment Institute, October 28, 2024
• Establishing ePortfolios as a Tool for Success in the Department of Labor Studies
  Invited Poster Session, 2024 Assessment Institute, October 28, 2024
• The House Don't Fall if the Bones Are Good
  Invited Paper, Assessment Institute, October 28, 2020
• Gender Equality in Construction: International Law and Cultural Legitimacy’s Effect on Indirect Bias
  Refereed Paper, International Labor Organization Centenary Conference, October 24, 2019
• Organizing Low Wage Workers in the Hospitality Industry
  Refereed Discussant, Labor Research and Action Network Conference, June 24, 2016

International

• Prior Learning Assessment for College Level Credit
  Refereed Paper, INTED 2024, Valencia, Spain, March 4–6, 2024
• Establishing ePortfolios as a Tool for Success in the Department of Labor Studies
  Refereed Paper, World Conference on Research in Education, Milan, Italy, February 23–25, 2024
• Men Protect Their Own Turf: Implicit Bias Against Women in the Building Trades
  Refereed Paper, International Conference on Gender Research, Rome, Italy, April 11, 2019
• The Roots of Institutional and Social Discrimination in the Building Trades
  Refereed Paper, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, July 29, 2017

Dissertation Committees

• 2025 — Charley Jackson
  A Critical Exploration of Power and Privatization in Public Education: A Case Study of Education Entrepreneurship, Race, and Teacher Union Struggle in Indianapolis
• 2025 — LaQuity Maxey
  Behind the Scenes: Lived Experiences of Black Staff Who Work for Teachers’ Unions and Their Encounters with Racism

Directed Studies

• 2024 — Stephanie Harden
  The Effects of Sustainability on the Labor Market in Northwest Indiana
• 2024 — Sherita Townsend
  Your Sexism Is Showing: An Overview of Gender Discrimination Toward Female Essential Workers in the U.S. During the Pandemic
• 2023 — Harbaksh Manjal
  Anemic Finances and Their Impacts on Educational Advancement in Single Black Mothers
• 2021 — Duncan Kissinger
  A Century of Social Engineering & the Great Reset: Toward the Planned Obsolescence of Freedom & Liberty
• 2020 — Keona Goodloe
  U.S. Economic Immobility, Black Males, Hiring Discrimination, and Wage Discrimination Hindering Economic Mobility
• 2020 — Desmond Kemp
  A Review of Labor Unions and the Demand for Fringe Benefits

Department

• Developer
  Department of Labor Studies Faculty/Adjunct eOrientation, IU Expand, 2025
  Developed a 50-hour asynchronous orientation covering Canvas course setup, digital engagement, and university policy for faculty and adjunct instructors.
• Committee Member
  Department of Labor Studies Administrative Committee, 2019 – Present
  Participated in budget review, governance restructuring, and liaison work with SSW administration to stabilize departmental leadership and resources.
• Committee Member
  Department of Labor Studies Curriculum Committee, 2019 – Present
  Led curriculum mapping and course alignment; submitted multiple courses for General Education approval.
• Committee Member
  Department of Labor Studies Program Building Committee, 2019 – Present
  Worked on enrollment strategy, data-management approaches, and recruitment/outreach initiatives aligned with school goals.
• Self-Study Contributor
  Department of Labor Studies Self-Study & Response to External Review, 2018 – 2019
  Primary contributor to the department self-study and the external review response, documenting curriculum, faculty activity, and institutional data.

School / College

• P&T Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Guidelines
  Indiana University School of Social Work, 2022
• Secondary Reader, DEI Tenure Case
  Indiana University School of Social Work, 2022
• Strategic Planning — Academic Quality (Subtheme Group)
  IUSSW Strategic Planning, 2019 – 2020
• Strategic Planning — Strengthening Curriculum & Assessment (Subtheme Group)
  IUSSW Strategic Planning, 2019 – 2020

Campus

• P&T Campus Committee
  Indiana University Indianapolis, 2023 – 2024
• Credit for Prior Learning Advisory Board
  Center for Transfer and Adult Students, 2024 – 2025

University

• Student Advisor / Mentor
  Advancing Women Mentoring Program, Indiana University, 2020 – 2021

Community & External Partnerships

• Advisory Board Member
  Indiana AFL-CIO — Indiana University Labor Academy initiative

National

• Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
  2024 – 2025
• Labor Education Research Association
  2021 – Present

State

• Adjudicator / Judge
  American Postal Workers Union Scholarship (Indianapolis Area Local), 2016 – 2019
  Evaluated student scholarship submissions and selected award recipients based on writing quality, organization, and adherence to criteria.

Books

• Walker, M. (2019). Protecting the workforce: A defense of workers’ rights in global supply chains. Lexington Books.
• Walker, M. R. (2015). The daily grind: How workers navigate the employment relationship. Lexington Books.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Walker, M. R. (2016). Hospitality in jeopardy. SAGE Open, 6(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016661749

Conference Proceedings

• Walker, M. (2024). Prior learning assessment for college level credit. In INTED2024 Proceedings (pp. 2399–2402). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.0665

Book Reviews

• Walker, M. (2019). Review of the book Achieving workers’ rights in the global economy, by R. Appelbaum & N. Lichtenstein. Labor Studies Journal, 44, 415–416.

Article (Submitted)

• Walker, M. R., Linner, P., & Harden, S. (2025). Workforce re-engagement of unhoused women in one Indiana community: The necessity of stable housing. Manuscript submitted for publication to *Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness* (submitted August 2025).

Books (Edited)

• Walker, M. R. (Ed.). (2021). *Female voices from the worksite: The impact of hidden bias against working women across the globe*. Lexington Books.

Book chapters

• Walker, M. R. (2021). Introduction. In M. R. Walker (Ed.), *Female voices from the worksite: The impact of hidden bias against working women across the globe* (pp. ix–xxx). Lexington Books.
• Walker, M. R. (2021). The effect of indirect bias on gender equality in the building trades. In M. R. Walker (Ed.), *Female voices from the worksite: The impact of hidden bias against working women across the globe* (pp. 147–168). Lexington Books.

Conference proceedings

• Walker, M. R. (2019). Implicit bias: Root cause of discrimination against women in construction. In *Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Gender Research* (pp. 645–652). Academic Conferences & Publishing International.

Editorial

• Walker, M. (2021). Gender bias in employment: Implications for social work and labor studies [Editorial]. *Advances in Social Work, 20*, xiii–xvi.

Journal articles

• Walker, M. R. (2016). Parallel narratives: Resistance strategies of low-wage female hospitality workers and nineteenth-century Black enslaved females. *Labor History*, 1–24. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0023656X.2017.1255545