Heath Brown is an associate professor of public policy at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written four books on the money, politics, and public policy.

In addition to his research, Brown is reviews editor for Interest Groups & Advocacy and hosts a podcast called New Books in Political Science, where he interviews new authors about their political science publications. He is also an expert contributor to The Hill as well as to The Atlantic magazine and American Prospect magazine. Brown currently a coleader of the New York City chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network.