Dr. Catherine Powell

Biography

Catherine Powell is a Professor of Law and the Eunice Hunton Carter Distinguished Research Scholar at Fordham University School of Law. She is an award-winning expert in human rights and equality, having served in prominent positions within the federal government, including the White House Gender Policy Council and the White House National Security Council. Powell has also worked on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff. Prior to her role at Fordham, she was a faculty member at Columbia Law School, where she served as a clinical professor and founding director of the Human Rights Clinic at the Human Rights Institute. Her scholarly work has widely addressed questions related to constitutional law, human rights, feminist theory, civil rights in the digital age. At Princeton, she is currently researching the implications of emerging technologies on equality and legal theory. In addition to her academic achievements, she has served on various boards, including the Human Rights Watch board of directors and the American Journal of International Law board of editors.

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