Nathan C. Walker

About Nathan C. Walker

Dr. Nathan C. Walker is an award-winning First Amendment and human rights educator and founder of the AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University.He has held research appointments at Harvard, Oxford, and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. A certified AI Ethics Officer, Dr. Walker has worked with industry as an Expert AI Trainer for OpenAI and later as a Handshake AI MOVE Fellow, provided ethics training to Adobe employees, and facilitated a working group at Google’s ethics-to-industry summit.He has published five books on law, education, and religion, and presented his research at the UN Human Rights Council, UNESCO House, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the U.S. Senate.He earned his doctorate in First Amendment law and two master’s degrees from Columbia University. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, he holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary.He is the president of 1791 Delegates, a public charity named after the year the Bill of Rights was ratified. In this capacity, he founded the social learning community ReligionAndPublicLife.org.He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with his husband, Vikram Paralkar.Academic portfolio: sites.rutgers.edu/walkerSpeaking portfolio: natewalker.comFor speaking engagements, please contact Lisa Reiter, Senior Vice President, Chartwell Speakers, l•••@chartwellspeakers.com

Experience

1. President

   1791 Delegates

   Sep 2017 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   I am honored to serve as president of 1791 Delegates, a public charity named after the year the states ratified the Bill of Rights. Our delegation of First Amendment and human rights educators develops legal literacy and education-technology programs, provides education management services, and designs philanthropic initiatives to cultivate the public understanding of our fundamental freedoms.

Education

• University of Oxford

  Ethics in AI Academic Visitor, Institute for Ethics in AI

• Emerson College

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Musical Theatre Performance and Theater Education, cum laude

  1994 — 1998

• Harvard University

  Resident Fellow, Law & Religion (First Amendment)

  2012 — 2013

• Union Theological Seminary

  Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Religion and Education

  2002 — 2005

• Columbia University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Higher Education Administration

  2000 — 2002

• Stellenbosch University

  Research Associate, AI Ethics & Human Rights

• The A.C.T. Conservatory

  Acting and Musical Theatre Performance

  1993 — 1993

• Columbia University

  Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Education Law (First Amendment)

  2011 — 2018

• Columbia University

  Master of Education (Ed.M.), Higher Education Finance

  2002 — 2008

Skills

• Religion
• Social Justice
• Public Speaking
• Preaching
• Education