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CURRICULUM VITAE Juliet E.K. Walker, PhD Professor, Department of History, Founder/Director Center of Black Business, History, Entrepreneurship, Technology IC2 Institute Research Fellow Fellow of George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History Faculty Affiliate Center African and African American Studies Faculty Affiliate Department of African and African Diaspora Studies The University of Texas at Austin 128 Inner Campus Drive Austin, TX 78712-1739 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Chicago, Ph.D. American History, 1976 University of Chicago, A.M. American History, 1970 Academic Awards: University of Chicago History Department Fellowship, 1970 Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1970-73 Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1966-67 Roosevelt University, B.A. American History 1963 UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS Roosevelt University, Department of History, Lecturer, 1972-73 University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Black Studies, Instructor, 1973-76 University of Illinois at Urbana, Department of History, 1976-2001 Assistant Professor, 1976-1982 Associate Professor, 1982-1990 Professor, 1990-2001 University of Texas at Austin, Visiting Professor, Spring 1979 Harvard University, DuBois Institute, Post-doctoral study, 1982-1983 Harvard University Radcliffe Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, 1985. Harvard University, W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Research Associate, 1986-87 Princeton University, Davis Center for Historical Studies, Fellow, Fall, 1994 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Senior Fulbright Professor, Department of History, 1995-1996 The University of Texas at Austin, Professor, Department of History Fall, 2001- The United States Air Force Academy, Distinguished Visiting Professor of History 2012-13 1 PUBLICATIONS The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship to 1865, vol 1 (paper/cloth, rev. 2nd ed.; Chapel Hill: University North Carolina Press, 2009) The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998; 2nd Printing, Macmillan, 1999). Also, [Washington, D.C.] : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2002. (Talking Book Publishers, recording agency. AFB, distributor six cassettes.) Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983; 2nd printing, 1985, paper, 1995). Monograph War, Peace, and Structural Violence: Peace Activism and the African- American Experience (Bloomington: Indiana University, Center on Global Change and World Peace, 1992). Editor, Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999). Guest Editor, African Americans in Business: The Path Towards Empowerment: Essays on Black Entrepreneurship from the African Background to the Present, Editor, Larry Martin (Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1998). General Consulting Editor, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007) Board of Advisors, Companion to African American History by Alton Hornsby (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005, paper 2009) Co- Guest Editor, Journal African American History, for special edition on topic, “African American Business,” Fall 2016 [printed spring 2017] BOOK MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Oprah Winfrey: An American Entrepreneur for Harvard Business School Press Captive Capitalists: Critical Race Theory in the African American Search for Economic Freedom (Interest expressed by Princeton University Press) Apartheid in a Global Economy, Black Business in the United States and South Africa The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship Since 1865, vol 2 (paper, rev. ed.; Chapel Hill: University North Carolina Press, . Co-Editor, The University of Texas at Austin New School of African American History ARTICLES IN PROGRESS --- 2 “The Double Os, Oprah and Obama, A Double Victory? Power to the People, Wealth, Celebrity and Politics in the Age of Information Technology” “Hip Hop African American Fashion Entrepreneurs: Commodifying Black Culture, Building Joint Venture Conglomerates” “Capitalism and Christianity: A Comparative Historical Paradigm in the Twentieth Century Black Business Tradition, The USA and South Africa,” PUBLICATION AWARDS 2000 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book, Encyclopedia of African American Business History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999). 1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998) 1999 Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) Letitia Woods Brown Prize for best Book, The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998) Published by a Black Woman Historian/Best Book Published on African American Women's History. 1999 American Association of Publishers Scholarly and Professional Division, Award in Business and Management Category for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall International, 1998) 1999 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in African and African American Studies for History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice, Hall International, 1998) 1999 Black Caucus of the American Library Association 1998 Award for Outstanding Publication for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/London: Macmillan/Prentice Hall, 1998) 1998 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book in Management and Labor for The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship (New York/ London: Macmillan/Prentice, Hall International, 1998) 1988 Carter G. Woodson Award for Best Article ("Pioneer Slave Entrepreneurship on the Kentucky Pennyroyal Frontier), Journal of Negro History, 1983-1987. 1987 Harvard University Business School, Newcomen Prize for the best article "Racism, Slavery, and Free Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship in the United States before the Civil War," published in the Business History Review for 1986. 3 1987 Association of Black Women Historians, Letitia Woods Brown Publication Prize for the best article "Racism, Slavery, and Free Enterprise" published by or on Black Women, 1986. 1984 Association of Black Women Historians Brown Publication Prize, for Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983) 1979 Otto A. Rothert Award, Honorable Mention, for best article ("The Legal Status of Free Blacks in Early Kentucky, 1792-1825") published in The Filson Club History Quarterly, 1983. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS University of Texas at Austin May 2017 Alcalde Texas 10 Award Alumni Choose Prof. Juliet E. K. Walker As One of Top 10 UT Professors https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/news/article.php?id=11813 Jun 3, 2017 - History Professor Juliet E. K. Walker has been chosen as one of this year's celebrated Texas Ten, an annual award granted by the Alcalde alumni magazine. Dr. Walker has taught African American History here at the University of Texas-Austin since 2001. Over a storied, forty-year career, she has earned a ... Washington Bar Association, Justice, Power and Politics: A Celebration of Women Leaders I was one of six African American women selected for this recognition. Mar 30, 2017. See: www.law.udc.edu/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=949809 Mar 30, 2017 - 17TH ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM. Justice, Power, and Politics: A Celebration of Women Leaders. Elaine R. Jones - former President, NAACP LDF and Civil Rights Icon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby – Chief Judge, D.C. Court of Appeals. Dr. Juliet E.K. Walker - Professor, University of Texas at Austin. UDC Clarke School of Law Dean Shelley Broderick will be honored by the Judicial Council of the Washington Bar Association along with five other women leaders! Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015 Fellow of George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History, 2015 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Madame C.J. Walker Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014. IC2 Global Fellowship, 2013-2014 IC2 Gerhard J. Fonken Endowed Research Fellow, 2012-2013 The 2010 Carter G. Woodson Scholars Medallion – Established in 1993, the Carter Godwin Woodson Scholars Medallion is presented to a scholar whose career is distinguished through at least a decade of research, writing, and activism in the field of African American life and history. The recipient’s career should embody and personify the Woodson legacy to ensure a firm foundation for the continuance of African-centered education through dedication and commitment to African-American history. Dr. Woodson devoted his entire life and resources 4 to chronicling African American history and the recipient must have continued his tradition of correcting the deficiencies in American history where African American History is misinterpreted or distorted. The person selected must be a trained historian and an active participant in the scholarly work of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The award is presented annually. IC2 Institute, Jack Wrather Centennial Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2004- 2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010; 2010-2011,2011- 2012-2013,