Walter joined the faculty at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego in 1996. From 2012 until 2014, she was Associate Dean. In 2012, Walter co-founded (with Erica Chenoweth) the blog Political Violence @ a Glance, winner of the International Studies Association’s Most Promising Blog of the Year in 2013, Best Group Blog of the Year in 2014, and Best Blog Post of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.[1]