Charlotte Sedlock is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), a member of the Urban Sustainability Research Group and an affiliate of the Informal Sustainability Lab. Charlotte is a social scientist with a corporate sustainability and supply chain background. Eager to further her research methods and sustainability knowledge, Charlotte is pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), co-advised by Dr. Joshua Newell and Dr. Benjamin Goldstein within the Urban Sustainability Research Group and the Sustainable Urban Rural-Futures Lab. At SEAS, Charlotte studies how market-based governance may unintentionally perpetuate social inequities in agro-food value chains. More specifically, Charlotte is researching how market-based environmental regulations impact smallholder farmers regarding market participation, shifts, and exclusion.

Charlotte's sustainability journey started during her undergraduate studies in the Honors College at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she double-majored in Environmental Studies and Communication. While attending university, Charlotte joined a mission-driven start-up, Apeel Sciences. Charlotte spent seven years at Apeel helping create the company's Sustainability Team, ESG Strategy,  and Supplier Responsibility Program. During her time in the corporate sector, Charlotte held leadership positions in the Produce Marketing Association's Sustainability Committee and the International Fresh Produce Association's Sustainability Council and participated in the Food Waste and Sustainable Packaging Task Forces. When Charlotte is not at her desk, you can find her paddle boarding, gleaning with the local Food Bank, browsing other people's bookshelves, or fruitlessly trying to tire out her dog Olive.

She is a social scientist with a corporate sustainability and supply chain background. Eager to further her research methods and sustainability knowledge, Charlotte is pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), co-advised by Dr. Joshua Newell and Dr. Benjamin Goldstein within the Urban Sustainability Research Group and the Sustainable Urban Rural-Futures Lab. At SEAS, Charlotte studies how market-based governance may unintentionally perpetuate social inequities in agro-food value chains. More specifically, Charlotte is researching how market-based environmental regulations impact smallholder farmers regarding market participation, shifts, and exclusion.