Professor Simone Martin-Howard Wins Grant Supporting Black, Race & Ethnic Studies Research

Dr. Simone Martin-Howard was recognized with a BRES Seed Grant from the Black, Race and Ethnic Studies (BRES) Collaboration Hub. The grants support promising research at the early stages of development and aim to foster innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship in the field of Black, race and ethnic studies. Martin-Howard’s study, “Addressing Crime and Enhancing Security in Trinidad and Tobago’s Communities,” aims to illustrate the perspectives, attitudes and experiences of government officials, community-based and nonprofit program staff and individual citizens from Trinidad and Tobago on urgent security issues within the country.

A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Martin-Howard is an associate professor in the Department of Public Management and director of the MPA in Public Policy and Administration program. Her research interests include criminal justice and public health, maternal and child health, and public health policy. Her recent publications include “The (Power) Struggle: Experiences of BIWOC Correctional Officers at Rikers Island Jail, with Janet Garcia-Hallett, in Women & Criminal Justice (2022), “‘I am actually sitting with fear’: Narratives of Fear of Crime and Actual Victimization in the Western Cape Province,” South Africa in Crime & Delinquency (2022) and “COVID-19’s Impact on Black, Female Correctional Officers and Justice-Involved Individuals at Rikers Island Jail in Crime & Delinquency (2022). She earned a BA from St. John’s University, an MA and MPA from Syracuse University, and a PhD from Rutgers University.

Additional John Jay professors who have received BRES grants include Drs. Katarzyna Celinska, Jacqueline Katzman, Edward Paulino, Roosbelinda Cardenas Gonzalez, Jonathan Gray, Alexandra Moffet-Bateau and Richard Ocejo.