Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Last year, after I stepped down from executive academic administration, I had a very small plant that was basically dead. It was only about three inches high, sitting in a tiny green pot, delicate in a way that made its decline feel almost predetermined. The leaves were dry, thin, and drained of color, and there…
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Some of us watched the halftime show and cried. Others changed the channel. That difference tells you everything. If you were scrolling through Facebook or other media after the Super Bowl, what you saw depended entirely on your sphere of inclusion. Some timelines were full of joy, pride, and tears. Others filled instantly with the…
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The Uber and Lyft gig economy was just the rehearsal. There are already now websites where AI can give you a command to do a job or task it can’t do and then pay you without any human intervention… rent-a-human. The most important shift in work is not coming with a new job title or…
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This post is inspired by a colleague who recently reached out after a university administrator asked them to change a public diversity event in their department, citing a complaint and vague concerns about legal risk. Around the same time, I read a piece by Michigan State University Regent Rema Vassar entitled MSU must return what…
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When Bad Bunny won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, the moment felt much heavier than celebration. It carried Puerto Rican culture, history, and people into the American space that has not always welcomed them fully. I watched him sit still in his seat as the applause filled the room and time…
Cloaking Inequity 