Simone Martin-Howard is an affiliated scholar at the Urban Institute, an associate professor in the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and director of the Master of Public Administration–Public Policy and Administration Program at John Jay. Before her role as director, she served as John Jay’s Criminal Justice Management Program coordinator. Martin-Howard’s research interests focus on the intersection of public health and criminal justice, maternal and child health, health and social equity, public administration and nonprofit service delivery, and correctional health. Martin-Howard’s work has appeared in Public Administration Review, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Crime & Delinquency, the Journal of Urban Health; the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Women & Criminal Justice; and the Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. Before her appointment at John Jay College, she was an assistant professor in the Master of Public and Health Administration Program at Long Island University. Before joining academia, Martin-Howard worked for various health organizations on the federal, state, and local levels. She holds a BS in criminal justice from St. John’s University, an MPA and an MA in international relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a PhD in global affairs from Rutgers University–Newark. While at the Maxwell School, Martin-Howard completed three certificates of advanced graduate study in health services management and policy, conflict resolution, and security studies.