Faculty & Staff
Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s School of Education and Social Policy.
Dean’s Office
Applied Human Development and Community Studies Department
Susan
Marine
Special Assistant to the Provost; Associate Dean, School of Education & Social Policy; Program Director and Professor, Higher Education
Laura
Hsu
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Applied Human Development & Human Services
Katelyn
Kurkul
Program Director and Associate Professor, Applied Human Development & Human Services
Ruth
McKenzie
Assistant Professor, Applied Human Development and Human Services
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
Michael
Mobley
Special Assistant to the President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI); Program Director and Associate Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Mark
Benander
Online Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Angela
DeSilva Mousseau
Ali
Plocha
Associate Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Melissa
Spencer
Assistant Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Community Engagement Program
Audrey
Falk
Program Director and Professor, Community Engagement
Higher Education Program
Jaleh
Dashti-Gibson
Director, Professional Preparation and Professor of Practice, Higher Education
Susan
Marine
Special Assistant to the Provost; Associate Dean, School of Education & Social Policy; Program Director and Professor, Higher Education
Master of Social Work Program
James
Howland
Program Director and Associate Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work
Jonathan
Kessler
Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work
Sara
Lafkas
Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work
Katherine
Willard
Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work
School Counseling Program
Christine
Shaw
Program Director and Professor of Practice, School Counseling
Criminology and Criminal Justice Department
Karen
Hayden
Associate Dean, School of Education & Social Policy; Department Chair and Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Brittnie
Aiello
Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth
Brault
Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kathleen
Burns
Assistant Dean, Student Advising & Services, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Peter
Cassino
Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Raymond
Mooney
Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Paul
Zipper
Assistant Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Education Department
Rory
Tannebaum
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Education
Mark
Benander
Online Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Marie
Galinski
Program Director and Adjunct Lecturer, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS)
Anne
Gatling
Co-Program Director, STEM Education; Associate Professor, Education
Kate
Orbon
Director of Community Partnerships, Education
Theresa
Smith
Director of Field Placement & Licensure, Teacher Education
Sharon
Taitelbaum
Associate Professor of Practice, Education
Career Advising
Sarah
Mackler
Senior Career Advisor & Manager of Career Curriculum
