Mardet Homans, Research Assistant

Mardet Homans is a Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice at John Jay College. She is also employed as a Research Data Specialist for California Correctional Health Care Services in the department of Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Special Projects. Her research is focused on studying the effects of correctional healthcare reforms on increasing positive health outcomes for incarcerated individuals and correctional staff within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Her research interests also include best practices for providing mental health services to incarcerated individuals, mental health risk assessment, release planning care coordination, and recidivism reduction. Mardet received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City and her master's degree in legal and forensic psychology from the University of California, Irvine (UCI).