A smear campaign, targeting Walcott's alleged sexual harassment against students of two prestigious universities at which he taught during the 1980s and 90s, seemed designed to keep the academic appointment out of his reach - Repeating Islands notes that:
Una difamatoria campaña, que apunta a un presunto acoso sexual de Walcott en contra de estudiantes de dos prestigiosas universidades en las que enseñó en las décadas de los ochenta y noventa, parecía hecha para hacer que la designación académica estuviera fuera de su alcance - Repeating Islands dice que: