Scholarship and Biography
In her current role as Assistant Director of Research for ENACT, Charlotte Powley teaches ENACT-related courses at Brandeis and supports ENACT research.
Charlotte began her career as a New York City public high school teacher and completed her Master's in Education from Hunter College. Her dedication to learning more about students' overall health and well being led her to pursue her Master’s in Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine, where she completed her degree with a specialty in Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Charlotte completed her PhD in Social Policy in 2020 at the Heller School of Social policy and Management, where her doctoral work focused on menstrual management and students’ experiences of menstruation in US public schools. While at Heller, Charlotte served as a Posse mentor, and worked at the Brandeis Center for Teaching and Learning. From 2021 to 2023, Charlotte served as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Simmons University in their Public Health Department.
Charlotte currently teaches the Brandeis ENACT course "Gender, Justice, and Legislation" as well as "Legislation for Change: Research, Policy, and Social Determinants of Health."