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Lisa Slattery Walker received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona in 1998. She came to UNC Charlotte as an assistant professor in 1998, was tenured in 2004, and promoted to professor in 2010. She served as Chair of the Department of Sociology from 2008-2014 and was President of the Faculty 2016-2017. From 2017-2022, Dr. Walker served as Associate Dean in the Office of Undergraduate Education. She was the Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of University College from 2022-2024.<\/p>\n

Her research focuses on small group interaction, nonverbal behaviors, identity, emotions, gender, and expectations. Her work has appeared in Social Psychology Quarterly<\/em>, Social Science Research<\/em>, Social Forces<\/em>, Sex Roles<\/em> and numerous other journals. Dr. Walker has been PI or co-PI on six NSF-funded projects. Recently, with Dr. Murray Webster, she has been conducting projects on the effect of behaviors on inequality structures in small groups and how characteristics come to have status value. Current work with Dr. Anita Blanchard examines how groups develop in online environments.<\/p>\n

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