Department Chair and Professor, Study Abroad Advisor, Methodology, Language Acquisition and Cultural Theory.

Professor, 19^th and 20^th Century Literature and German Cinema.

Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator. 19^th and 20^th Century Literature, Romanticism, German Women's Social and Literary Theory and Feminist Literary and Cultural Theory. Distinguished Scholar Teacher.

Visiting Associate Professor, Yiddish Language and Literature. Jewish Studies.

Associate Professor, Language Program and TA Supervisor. Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Language Teaching Methodology.

Professor, Scandinavian Studies, Scandinavian Languages and Literature.

Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate Program Coordinator. Medieval Literature and Culture.

Associate Professor Emeritus.

PhD, University of Chicago. 1973
MA. West Virginia University. 1968
BA. West Virginia University. 1966

Areas of specialization: Medieval German Literature; German literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries; Satire and Polemic. Professor Walker's research and teaching focussed on literary expressions of religious discontent and social change during the period from the late 15th through the 17th centuries. Emphasizing texts, contexts and continuity, his research covered sermons, polemical treatises, satirical popular literature (Schwänke, Fastnachtspiele, Anekdoten), religious and secular drama, and the interrelatedness of literary history and social history. Dr. Walker’s most recent publication is an English translation of the Arminius Dialogue of Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523) by Peter Lang Verlag. He is currently preparing a translation of Gustav Adolph Graf von Götzen’s Durch Afrika von Ost nach West, an extensive and detailed report of an expedition in 1894-95 from the east coast of Africa to the German East Africa colony and the region known today as Rwanda.

Publications:
Ulrich von Hutten’s Arminius: An English Translation with Analysis and Commentary. Peter Lang, 2008.
The Uses of Polemic: The Centuriae of Johannes Nas (1534-1590). Kümmerle Verlag. 2000
The Corpus Christi Sermons of Johannes Nas: An Edition with Commentary.Kümmerle Verlag.1988
Peter von Staufenberg. Its Origin, Development, and Later Adaptation.Kümmerle Verlag. 1980.

Course Responsibilities:
(Berlin)
GERM389G German American Cultural Contrasts
GERM489G Perspectives on German Society and Culture in 19th Century.