Robyn Walker

Dr. Robyn Walker is an assistant professor of management communication at the Center for Management Communication at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, where she teaches business writing and business communication to undergraduate and graduate students. She earned a master's and a doctoral degree in communication from the University of Utah and a master's degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California. She also holds an MBA. Dr....See more

Dr. Robyn Walker is an assistant professor of management communication at the Center for Management Communication at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, where she teaches business writing and business communication to undergraduate and graduate students. She earned a master's and a doctoral degree in communication from the University of Utah and a master's degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California. She also holds an MBA. Dr. Walker has held faculty appointments at the University of Arizona and California State University-Fullerton. Before entering academia, Dr. Walker worked as a professional writer and editor with such organizations as United Press International, McGraw-Hill and Novell. She also has worked as a writing consultant for companies such as Hoffman LaRoche Pharmaceuticals and Franklin-Covey, Inc. She continues to write and conduct research and has delivered dozens of conference papers on intercultural communication, rhetoric, cultural studies and business communication pedagogy. She has published articles on intercultural communication in groups and place-based identity. She is the editor of the former Journal of Business Communication and the co-editor of Discourse Perspectives on Organizational Communication (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). She is a member of the Association of Business Communication, Management Communication Association, National Communication Association, Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. See less