Rafael Walker
Rafael Walker is an assistant professor of English at Baruch College of the City University of New York. He is on Twitter @raf_walk.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | Opinion
What Comes After Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court’s ruling doesn’t need to be a setback for social justice. -
The Review | Opinion
Faculty Workloads Are Unequal. That Must Change.
If service isn’t made more fair, people will stop doing it. -
The Review | Essay
Who Gets to Write About Whom?
Rejecting cross-cultural representation is simplistic and dangerous. -
Advice
Doctoral Students Hiring Career Consultants? This Must Stop
Why academe needs a bill of rights that spells out what faculty advisers must do for their graduate students on the job market. -
The Review
Colleges Need to Get Serious About Gun Violence
Statements of sympathy for the victims of our increasingly routine massacres aren’t enough. -
The Review
The Emptiness of Administrative Statements
Empathetic gestures erase the people they’re meant to comfort. -
The Review
How Canceling Controversial Speakers Hurts Students
We don’t do our undergraduates any favors by shielding them from the views of the big bad conservatives beyond the ivory tower. -
The Review
The Next Step in Diversifying the Faculty
It’s time to look at diversity within subfields. If all of a department’s minority faculty members share the same specialty, is the department truly diverse?