School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences

Phone: (626) 815-6000 Ext. 5597
Fax: (626) 815-5489
Email: kwalters@apu.edu

Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, Ph.D., is a Fulbright alumna to South Africa. She has published works in the areas of African-American issues, women and family matters, welfare reform, and international relations. Battle-Walters Denu, an ordained minister, continues to speak and do ministry in the greater Los Angeles area, as well as participate in ongoing ministry throughout the world. With degrees in both sociology and social work, her teaching areas include grant and proposal writing, research, policy, family violence, and general sociology courses. In addition, Battle-Walters Denu continues to teach for Azusa Pacific University’s Operation Impact Program which allows her the opportunity to teach and train leaders who are working on graduate degrees throughout the world. Her social work practice experience is in the areas of abused children and adolescent teen mothers.

Ph.D. – Sociology, University of Florida
M.S.W. - Social Administration, Temple University
B.A. – Sociology, Southern California College

Publications
Battle-Walters, K. (2004). Sheila’s Shop: The Experiences and Realities of Working Class African American Women. Rowman and Littlefield.

Battle-Walters, K. “Starting and Finishing Well.” Women Advancing with God. Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa Ministry Resources (expected out later this year).

Battle-Walters, K. (March 27, 2003). “Bringing Color to the International Intellectual Table.” Black Issues in Higher Education, vol. 20, n3, 74.

Battle-Walters, K. (2002). “Oman.” World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide (2nd ed.) Rebecca Marlow–Ferguson ed., Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group.

Battle-Walters, K. (2002). “Central African Republic.” World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide (2nd ed.) Rebecca Marlow–Ferguson ed., Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group.

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Dean's Accomplished Scholar Award; Vanguard University Young Alumni of the Year, 2003
Fulbright Scholar to Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002
Azusa Pacific Provost Award – for outstanding scholarship; Dean’s Accomplished Scholar Award; Center for Research and Ethics - Travel Grant 1999-2000
Santa Fe Community College - Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award, 1997
The Irene Thompson Scholarship Award -for outstanding research on feminine issues, 1996
The Santa Fe Community College Black Faculty Fellowship - awarded to a gifted teaching scholar pursuing a doctorate, 1994-1996
University of Florida Board of Regents Summer Presenter Certificate, 1995
University of Florida Alpha Kappa Delta - International Sociology Honor Society, 1994
Southern California College Delta Kappa Honor Society Award, 1989
Southern California College Christian Leadership Award, 1989

Crime and Delinquency (SOC 455)
Introduction to Social Work (SOCW 250)
Social Welfare Policy and Service (SOCW 251)
Grant and Proposal Writing (SOCW 400)
Family Violence (SOCW 410)
Social Work Research Project (SOCW 479)
Senior Seminar: Ethics in the Helping Professions (SOCW 496)