 | Jean Walker, M.B.A. Instructor of Finance Office: Classroom Center, Room 215D
Email: jwalker@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2515
Professional Profile Walker joined the College of Business in 1980 after earning an M.B.A. from West Texas A&M University. She earned her bachelor’s degree from WTAMU in 1967 in English education and teacher’s certification in secondary English and history.
Teaching and Related Service Walker currently teaches Business Finance and Personal Financial Planning. She is director of the West Texas Center for Economic Education, one of eight university-based economic education centers in Texas affiliated with the Texas Council on Economic Education and the National Council on Economic Education. She also has a Sam Walton Fellowship to serve as the faculty adviser to the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team, which has won 14 consecutive regional championships.
Research and Creative Activity As director of the West Texas Center for Economic Education, Walker conducts a number of workshops each year for K-12 teachers on how to integrate economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship into their curriculum. She also has published articles in The Journal of Economics & Economic Education Research and The Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. Personal Sketch Walker lives in Panhandle and has driven the 100-plus mile round trip to Canyon daily since 1980. She is a fan of Panhandle Pantherette basketball; she played as a Pantherette as did her mother and daughter. Walker’s son and his family live in Panhandle, and her daughter and her family live in Bellevue, Wash. | | |
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