Faculty & Staff
Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s School of Arts and Sciences.
Dean’s Office
Department of Communication and Media
Full-Time Faculty
Jacob
Turner
Chair & Professor, Communication and Media
Academic Director of the BDC Program
Kilhoe "Miranda"
Na
Assistant Professor, Communication and Media
Emmanuel Septime
Sessou
Assistant Professor, Communication & Media
Andrew
Tollison
Associate Professor, Communication and Media & Director of Master of Arts in Communication
Melissa "Mish"
Zimdars
Associate Professor, Communication and Media
Staff
Department of Humanities
Yanitzia
Canetti
Assistant Professor of Practice, Spanish
Maria Teresa (MT)
Davila
Associate Professor, Religious and Theologies Studies
Nicholas
DiSalvatore
Frances "Dorie"
Mansen
Director, Austin Scholars Curriculum & Associate Professor of Practice, Religious & Theological Studies
Ellen
McWhorter
Associate Professor, English & Director, Honors Program
Wanda
Ocasio-Rivera
Steven
Scherwatzky
Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences & Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Department of Mathematics and Physics
Brandy
Benedict
Chair, Mathematics & Physics
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Rebecca
Hawthorne
Assistant Instructional Professor, Mathematics
Lisa
Houh
Assistant Instructional Professor, Mathematics
Brigid
Killian
Assistant Instructional Professor, Mathematics
Sujatha
Thiruvengadathan
Associate Instructional Professor, Mathematics
Department of Natural Sciences
Brian
Provencher,
’06
Chair & Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Brandi
Baldock
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry & Director, Master of Science in Applied Chemistry
Joseph
Chiarelli,
’09
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Anthony
Fernandez
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kristy
McDowell
Program Director & Lecturer of Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
Michael
Piatelli
Associate Instructional Professor, Biology
Stephen
Theberge
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Political Science, Policy and History
Alison
Russell
Chair & Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Policy
John "Sean"
Condon
Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
Kirstie
Dobbs
Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of Early College and Faculty Community Engagement Strategy
Anne Boxberger
Flaherty
Professor, Political Science & Public Policy
Kevin
McGravey
Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Policy
Mary
McHugh
Exec Director of Civic & Community Engagement, Stevens Service Learning Center
Bradley
Miller
Director, Master of Public Administration & Assistant Professor of Practice
Harry
Wessel
Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Policy
Department of Psychology
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Full-Time Faculty
Nancy
Wynn
Chair, Visual and Performing Arts & Director, Graphic Design
Kathleen
Sills
Associate Professor, Theatre
Professional Staff
Alumni Class Year Designations
Faculty and staff members who are alumni of Merrimack College have their year of graduation listed after their name. Bachelor's degree is denoted by the year (i.e. '01). Master's degree is denoted by an "M" and the year of graduation (i.e. M'04).
