Walker Wright is the manager of Academic Programs at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Prior to joining AEI, he was a program manager for Academic & Student Programs with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Walker also spent a decade working in logistics in both operation and linehaul departments.

His writing spans economics, politics, and religion, with academic work featured in peer-reviewed journals such as SquareTwo, BYU Studies, Dialogue, Interpreter, Graziadio Business Review, Faith & Economics, and Economic Affairs. In addition, his popular writing has appeared in Law & Liberty, Deseret News, and Public Square Magazine.

Walker holds an MA in government from Johns Hopkins University, as well as an MBA in strategic management and a BBA in organizational behavior & human resource management from the University of North Texas.