Faculty & Staff

Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s Graduate School of Counseling and Social Work.

Deans’ Office

Meet the Dean

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program

Michael Mobley

Michael 

Mobley

Academic Dean and Director of GSCSW, Vice Provost for Access, Belonging and Opportunity
Mark Benander

Mark 

Benander

Online Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling 

Lauren Credi

Lauren 

Credi

Administrative Assistant, Graduate Counseling and Social Work

Angela DeSilva Mousseau

Angela 

DeSilva Mousseau

Associate Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Carol Langelier

Carol 

Langelier

Associate Professor of Practice
Aleksandra Plocha

Ali 

Plocha

Associate Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Melissa Spencer

Melissa 

Spencer

Assistant Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master of Social Work Program

James Howland

James 

Howland

Program Director and Associate Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work

Jonathan Kessler

Jonathan 

Kessler

Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work

Sara Lafkas

Sara 

Lafkas

Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work

Katherine Willard

Katherine 

Willard

Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work

School Counseling Program

Christine Shaw

Christine 

Shaw

Program Director and Professor of Practice, School Counseling