# Michael Walton Faculty Associate (emeritus). Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School. ![walton_michael.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/wcfia/files/walton_michael.jpg?itok=zKbFb7qR) location\_on 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [(202) 251-8702]() email [michael\_walton@harvard.edu](mailto:michael_walton@harvard.edu) laptop\_windows [Personal website](/www.michaelwalton.info) **Research interests:** India; rural education; inequality; the political economy of cities; corporate behavior; and the politics of state-society and state-business interactions. - ## People Categories [Affiliates](/affiliates) [Faculty Associates](/affiliates/faculty_associates) [Faculty Emeriti](/people-categories/faculty-emeriti)