1999 - College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Service to the Community 

2010 - Annual Award for Excellence in the Art of Teaching (Kentucky Education Association)                                                                                

2013 - Dean's Award for Outstanding Department Leadership                                            

2019 - Extraordinary Leadership as an Advocate for International Opportunities for 
           University Students in the United States of America and Panama from the Board
           of Directors of Quality Leadership University, Republic of Panama

Most Recent Academic Work

"Experiencing Multiculturalism Abroad: The University of Louisville and Quality Leadership University with Maria A. Quintero, The Forum on Education Abroad, 2023 Career-Integrated Global Learning Conference, November 8-10, 2023, Las Vegas

D'Silva, M.U., Walker, K.L., Hart, J.L. & Futrell, A.W. "Traversing Taboo Topics and Dissecting Difficult Decisions," in M.U. D'Silva, J.L. Hart, K.L. Walker (Eds.) Communicating about HIV/AIDS: Taboo Topics and Difficult Conversations. New Jersey, Hampton Press, 2012

Walker, K. & F/utrell, A. "Family Ethics," in Communication Currents, 4(5), October 2009

D'Silva, M.U., Futrell, A. & Victorica, G. "Children's Behavior in the Age of Globalization: Examples from India and Mexico," Intercultural Communication Studies, 16(2), 253-259, 2007.