Doctor of Philosophy in African American and Caribbean Literature, Howard University, Department of English, Washington, DC, 2005. (*Distinction).

      Dissertation—Evolution of a Poet: Re-Membering the Black Female Aesthetic and the Transformed Consciousness of Sonia Sanchez, Prophetic Voice of the Black Arts Movement

      fields of specialty: African American Literature, American Literature, Feminist and Womanist theory 

Master of Arts in African American and Caribbean Literature, Howard University, Department of English, Washington, DC, 2000. (*Distinction).

      thesis: The (M)other-Daughter Bond: A Psychoanalytic Feminist Critique of the Bildungsroman in Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John

      fields of specialty: Caribbean Literature, American Literature, Psychoanalytic Theory

Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts, San Francisco State University, Department of Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1998.  

      (*Magna cum laude). Golden Key Nat’l Honor Society. Active member of the Black Studies Department, studying with Oba T’Shaka,

      Wade Nobles, Laura Head, Lawford Goddard, et al. Took several courses in Black Philosophy; Black Politics; Black Women Writers;

      Black History; and Women, Race, Class.

2004    "The Howard Lonsdale Award"

             Given by filmmaker Gregory Allen Howard.

2003    "The National Visionary Leadership Project Honorable Mention Excellence Award"

 Given by Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint for “demonstrating superior skill in researching  and preserving the life history of Mrs. Esther Cooper Jackson” (co-founder of Freedomways magazine in 1961 with W.E.B. and Shirley Graham Du Bois).

2001    "Outstanding Research Assistant Award"

Given by poet Sonia Sanchez, on behalf of The Elizabeth H. Howard and Taylor Trust Fund located in Philadelphia, PA for outstanding work produced during Sanchez’s poetry class.

1998    "The Robert A. Corrigan President’s Alumni Award," San Francisco State University

            Given by president of SFSU; Selected with one other student out of the entire student body.

1998         T. Nelson Gilbert Poetry Prize Winner

1998     The Tom Tyrell Diversity Award, San Francisco State University

1997    "Outstanding Undergraduate Black Actress Award"

            Given by the late Camille Cole Howard c/o SFSU Theater Arts Department.

1996    "The University Women’s Association Award"

            Given by San Francisco State University

1995    "Franum Outstanding African American Woman Award"

            Given by San Francisco State University

1993    "California Forensic State Champion"

            Given by The California Forensic Association at Ventura Community College in Los Angeles, California for "Dramatic Interpretation" of August Wilson’s play, Fences.

National Visionary Heritage Fellowship Program, Washington, DC, 2001

• Selected out of thirty students across the United States to participate in Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint’s National Visionary Leadership Program.

• Interviewed, produced, and edited documentary on Esther Cooper Jackson, co-founder of Freedomways magazine; Documentary archived at The Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

• Documentary produced during program received a “Distinguished Honorable Mention Award” from Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint.

Lannan Poetry Fellowship, The Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, 1999—2000; 2002-2003

• Awarded by poet E. Ethelbert Miller.

• Attended weekly seminars by published poets from a vast array of cultural backgrounds; participated in American poetry lectures; performed poetry.

Refereed Journal Publications

• Walker, Jamie D. (2007), “James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Dies at 73,” Black Arts Quarterly.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Manifesto for My Soul (Poem),” BMa: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review.

Magazines and Newsletters

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Too Much Protein?: Re-Examining the Benefits of Soy and Whey,” Heart & Soul magazine (December/January 2008)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “African Americans Figure Prominently in Presidential Debate,” About...Time 35.3 (2007): 34-37.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Vacation Getaway: Cancun, Mexico,” Heart & Soul magazine (Feb/March 2007)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Interview with Sonia Sanchez,” Heart & Soul magazine (June/July 2006)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s The Color Purple Empowers Many,” About…Time 33.4 (Spring 2006); reprinted in The Washington Informer

      and The African American Literature Book Club Online.  

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Loses Battle with Liver Cancer,” About…Time 33.3 (2005): 30-31.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” About…Time 33.2 (2005): 32-25.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Ossie Davis: Remembering Him with Love,” About…Time 33.1 (2005): 20-23.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Why I Write,” Sable Literary Magazine, 5.1 (Fall 2004): 29-36.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “The Healing Power of Poetry: In Praise and Support of Amiri Baraka," Trombones (Spring 2003): 8.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Making Music, Making Babies: A Sneak Peak into the Lives of Parents Who Perform.” The Kindred Papers, 1.1 (2003): 10.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Heart’s Day Celebration Honoring Sonia Sanchez Touches Many,” Trombones (Spring 2002): 2.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez: The Poet as Teacher,” Trombones (Fall 2001): 6.

Books

• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), Signifyin’ Me: New and Selected Poems. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.
• Walker, Jamie D. (Forthcoming), Editor, Sonia On My Mind: A Critical Evaluation of the Poetry and Plays of Sonia Sanchez, with a Foreword by Maya Angelou, Introduction by Joyce Joyce, and Afterword by Beverly Guy-Sheftall.

Chapters in Books

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “The Power of Preparation,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), “When He Demands All My Poems Be Written to Liberate Black America,” in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees, DuEwa M. Frazier, editor. New York: Lit Noire Publishing, 2006.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “It Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now: Interview with Jamie Walker,” in I Woke Up and Put My Crown On: The Project of 76 Voices, Rochelle D. Hart, editor. Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “When I Got It,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Interview with Esther Cooper Jackson,” (co-founder of Freedomways magazine),” in A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak, Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint, editors. New York: Atria Books.

• Walker, Jamie D. (Forthcoming), “A Poem for Dead Hearts,” in Are All the Women Still White?: Globalizing Women’s Studies

• Walker, Jamie D. “A Poem for Toni Morrison,” in Gumbo for the Soul: The Recipe for Literacy in the African American Community, Beverly Black Johnson, editor. iUniverse. 1007.

Newspapers and Web-based Articles

• Walker, Jamie D. “Race for the Cure March Proves Successful,” The Washington Informer, 6 June 2006.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez and Ten Grandmothers Acquitted of Defiant Trespassing,” African American Literature Book Club Online, 1 December 2006.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” The Washington Informer, 14 July 2005.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’ Empowers Many,” The Tennessee Tribune (Forthcoming); Reprinted with permission in The San Francisco Bayview, The Ebony-Brevard Times, and The Washington Informer.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Battles Liver Cancer,” The Afro-American, 1 Sept. 2005.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Remembering Ossie Davis, With Love,” The Washington Informer, 16 Feb. 2005.; Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune and About . . . Time magazine.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Furious Flower Conference Celebrates African American Poetry.” The New York Amsterdam News, 7-13 Oct. 2004: 23. Reprinted with permission on The African American Literature Book Club Online.

• Walker, Jamie D. “The Full Moon of Sonia.” The Final Call, 17 Aug. 2004: 7.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez Begins Full Moon Tour at National Black Arts Festival.” The New York Amsterdam News, 5—11 Aug. 2004: 21. Reprinted with permission in The Final Call.

• Walker, Jamie D. “Sisterspace Fights Eviction,” The Final Call, 15 June 2004: 7.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Former Essence Editor-in-Chief Opens Inn for Black Writers,” The New York Amsterdam News, 16—22 Aug. 2004. Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune, 4—10 April 2004 and The African American Literature Book Club Online.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Home-Going Celebration for Daughter of Amina and Amiri Baraka Touches Many,” The San Francisco Bayview, 20 Aug. 2003. Reprinted with permission in The Amsterdam News, 21—27 Aug. 2003: B1 and Chickenbones: An Online Literary Journal.

·        "Dorothy Height Retires Expenses on Mortgage at Birthday Bash," The Tennessee Tribune, 4—10 April 2002: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Howard Hilltop and The Black World Today.

·        “Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint Launch National Visionary Leadership Project,” The Tennessee Tribune, 14—20 March 2001: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Spelman Spotlight, The Howard Hilltop, and The Black World Today. 

Presentations and Workshops

• “A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak,” The Schomburg Center, New York, 2004 (panel with Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Esther Cooper Jackson, David Driskell, et al; Recorded on CSPAN)

• “From the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop,” The Tenderloin Book Fair, San Francisco, CA., 2004

(panel with Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Askia Tourè, et al) 

• “Gwendolyn Brooks' In Montgomery," Karibu Bookstore, Hyattsville, MD, 2004

(poetry presentation and panel reading with Tony Medina and Shani Jamila)

• “Featured Poet: A Tribute to Sonia Sanchez," Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2004

• “Keynote Speaker,” The Circle of Friends Book Club Extravaganza, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

(Circle of Friends was featured twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show)

• “Developing Healthy Self-Esteem in Black Girls,” The Teen Extreme Summer Jam, Washington, DC, 2002.

• “Keynote Speaker,” Calvary Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, 2002.

             (Presentation of first book for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History)

• “Panel Participant: African American Literature” at The Black Caucus of American Librarians, 2002. Association Fifth National Conference of African-American Librarians in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (panel with Kwame Alexander, Tajuana Butler, Timmothy McCann, and Victor McGlothin)

• “Panel Participant: The Construction of Whiteness” at Howard University in Washington, DC, 2002 (panel featuring Toni Morrison and artwork by her son, Slade Morrison)

•  “Panel Participant: Motivational and Non-Fiction Writing,” The Second Annual African American Literature Conference, University of Maryland (College Park), 2002  

Book Reviews

• Rev. of Mother Love: Reinventing A Good and Blessed Future For Our Children by Esther Davis-Thompson. Mosaic (Summer 2001).