Jennifer Howes, Ph.D

Chief Mental Health Director

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

M.A., Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology at AIU

Internship: Monsour Counseling Center, Claremont University Consortium

Licensed to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia

She/Her/Hers

Jennifer Howes, Ph.D. joined Johns Hopkins University in June 2022 as the Chief Mental Health Director for the Division of Student Well-Being.  Dr. Howes has practiced in a range of clinical settings, including the Los Angeles County Jail system, community mental health, private practice, and over 15 years of experience serving students and leading teams at colleges and universities.

At JHU, Dr. Howes oversees the range of programs and clinics that provide care to the JHU student and learner communities across the University. Her current focus is the integration of Mental Health Services under one organization to provide equitable, accessible, and quality mental healthcare. This multi-faceted project includes the development of a reimagined leadership structure across the organization, establishing a unified philosophy of care and critical infrastructure to support the breadth of services MHS provides, and expanding the professional development available to staff.

The Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team is what drew her to this role at JHU, and she has led the effort to expand mobile crisis response to all JHU Baltimore campuses, consults regularly with colleagues from other campuses about crisis response teams. Dr. Howes frequently presents at professional conferences and trainings on the development of campus-based mobile crisis response teams and is an active member of the International Co-Response Alliance.

Two things Dr. Howes especially enjoys about her work:

• Working with such an amazing team of dedicated and skilled professionals
• Supporting the mission of JHU by creating accessible and equitable care for students and learners