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Dr. Erica Walker has a diverse background in visual communications which includes feature film production, web design & development, print buying, marketing, and graphic design. As a faculty member in the Department of Graphic Communications at Clemson University, Dr. Walker has taught courses in Photography, Video, Visual Storytelling, Web Design and Development, and Entrepreneurship. Prior to becoming a faculty member at Clemson University, Dr. Walker co-founded a film production company, Galatia Films. Two of her larger projects with Galatia Films, as a producer and cinematographer, included a feature length documentary film and an educational television series for children. Outside the classroom, Dr. Walker speaks at conferences across the country on topics including classroom and industry implementation of Adobe applications, curriculum development, mixed methods classroom research, the entrepreneurial mindset, game-based learning, color management, branding, and social marketing. Her current research focuses on the use of AI and machine learning to ensure the consistency of brand colors in live video, Dye Sub and Inkjet printing of fine arts photography on non-paper substrates, and classroom research where she works as an instructional designer in partnership with industry expert adjunct (IEAs) lecturers.

Research Interests

• AI and machine learning to ensure the consistency of brand colors in live video
• Dye Sub and Inkjet printing of fine arts photography on non-paper substrates
• Developing and testing the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to increase student’s ability to produce and discern accuracy of science communication
• Impact of courses that are co-designed in partnership with industry expert adjunct (IEAs) lecturers on student job readiness and marketability

Research Publications

• Walker, E.B., & Smith, D.H., “On the game day sideline: A case study of web-based AI color correction for social media content” (In publication). Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), March 2023, Oklahoma City, OK.
• Walker, E.B., Bridges, A.W., & Smith, D.H., “A color comparison between inkjet and dye sublimation on non-paper substrates before and after environmental exposure” (Not accepted). Journal of Print and Media Technology Research, March 2023.
• Smith, D.H. & Walker, E.B., “Real-world evaluation of artificial intelligence-based color corrections for social media content creators.” Journal of Print and Media Technology Research, vol. 12, no.1, March 2023. pp. 15-20. DOI 10.14622/JPMTR-2219.
• Walker, E.B., Lazar, K.B., “Students as Science Content Creators and Evaluators.” Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 52, no. 2, November/December 2022. https://www.nsta.org/journal-college-science-teaching/journal-college-science-teaching-novemberdecember-2022/students
• Walker, E.B., Guido, A.R., & Boyer, D.M., (2022). “Evolving industry and academic relations and IEAs role in achieving these goals from an administrative perspective.” International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) 2022 Conference Paper, pp. 1085-1091. DOI: 10.21125/inted.2022.0331.
• Walker, E.B. & Smith, D.H., (2022). “ColorNet case study: Impacts on undergraduate students participating in a small multidisciplinary research course.” International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) 2022 Conference Paper, pp. 1080-1084. DOI: 10.21125/inted.2022.0331.
• Mayer, M., Walker, E.B., & Smith, D.H., “ColorNet 2.0: Image Segmentation for Brand Color Correction in Video.” Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), March 2022, Oklahoma City, OK.
• Golabkesh, M. & Walker, E.B., “Color Correction In Video: Determining the Best Combination of Equipment and Settings to Capture Brand Color.” Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), March 2022, Oklahoma City, OK.
• Mayer, M., Walker, E.B., & Smith, D.H., “ColorNet 1.5: Improving machine learning color correction for video.” 2021 NAB Show's Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference Paper. https://nabpilot.org/beitc-proceedings/?ws=ColorNet
• Golabkesh, M., Walker, E.B., “Measuring the visual learning capacity of people over 60 years old with a comparison study between static and animated infographics.” Visual Communications Journal, student submission. https://gceaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/VCJ-Fall-21.pdf
• Walker, E.B., Guido, A.R., & Boyer, D.M., “Exploring the Programmatic Impact of Industry Expert Adjuncts in Two Graphics Departments.” Visual Communications Journal. https://gceaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/VCJ-Fall-21.pdf
• Mayes, E., Lineberger, J.P., Mayer, M, Sanborn, A., Smith, D.H., & Walker, E.B., "Automated Brand Color Accuracy for Realtime Video," in SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 130, no. 3, pp. 45-49, April 2021, doi: 10.5594/JMI.2021.3058397 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9395672
• Walker, E.B., Guido, A.R., & Boyer, D.M., “Exploring the impact of the pandemic on the future of industry expert adjuncts.” International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) 2021 Conference Paper. pp. 4832-4837. https://library.iated.org/view/WALKER2021EXP
• Walker, E.B., “Learning without a lab: Tools for teaching studio photography virtually.” International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) 2021 Conference Paper. pp. 1089-1096. https://library.iated.org/view/WALKER2021LEA
• Walker, E.B., Boyer, D.M., “Bridging the gap between thinking and doing: Industry expert adjuncts and future-ready teaching methods.” International Consortium of Educational Development (ICED 2020) Conference Paper. https://learningteaching.ethz.ch/index.php/lt-eth/article/view/138
• Walker, E.B., Smith, D.H., Lineberger, J.P., Mayer, M., Mayes, E., & Sanborne, A., “ColorNet: A Neural Network-Based System for Consistent Display of Brand Colors for Video.” SID Display Week 2020 Conference Paper. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.14041
• Sports, A. for Walker, E.B., “Color Correction In Video: Testing the Accuracy and Efficiency for Achieving Brand-Correctness using DaVinci Resolve” (2020). Visual Communications Journal, student submission. Pp. 19-25. https://gceaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/VCJ-Fall20-final.pdf
• Walker, E.B., Smith, D.H., Mayes, E., Lineberger, J.P., Mayer, M., & Sanborne, A., “Consistent display of Clemson brand colors using artificial intelligence.” Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), June 2020, Oklahoma City, OK. https://www.printing.org/taga-abstracts/t200074
• Boyer, D.M., Walker, E.B., “The Impact of Industry Expert Adjuncts on Students’ Course Experiences.” International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJITLHE). http://doi.org/10.4018/IJITLHE.2020040102
• * Mayes, E., Lineberger, J.P., Mayer, M., Sanborne, A., Smith, D.H., & Walker, E.B., “Automated Brand Color Accuracy for Real-Time Video.” 2020 NAB Show's Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference Paper. https://nabpilot.org/beitc-proceedings/2020/automated-brand-color-accuracy-for-real-time-video/
• Walker, E.B., Edlein, S., “Teaching like a master: Implementing the cognitive apprenticeship framework in graphic communications laboratory assignments” (2019). Visual Communications Journal. https://gceaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Walker-Online.pdf
• Walker, E.B., Przestrzelski, B., DesJardins, J.D., “Re-Designing the Senior Design Classroom
• Experience with Game-Based Learning” (2019). Advances in Engineering Education. https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/vol08/issue01/Papers/AEE-Pathways-Walker-2.pdf
• Conti, B. for Walker, E.B., “Are You for the Orange Team or the Red Team?: An exploratory study on displaying brand colors on large format LED screens at live sporting events” (2019). Visual Communications Journal, student submission. https://gceaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/VCJ-Spring-2019-ContiWalker.pdf
• Walker, E.B., Boyer, D.M., & Benson L.C., “Using Studio Design to Support Cognitive Apprenticeship and Epistemic Change in the Engineering Classroom” (2019). IEEE Transactions on Education Special Issue. https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2019.2898151.
• Walker, E.B., Boyer, D.M., “Research as storytelling: The use of video for mixed methods research” (2018). Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40990-018-0020-4.
• Walker, Erica B., "Opportunities for Innovation: Game-based Learning in an Engineering Senior Design Course" (2017). All Dissertations. 1805. http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1805.

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