Faculty & Staff
Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s Winston School of Education and Social Policy.
Dean’s Office
Applied Human Development and Community Studies Department
Susan
Marine
Vice Provost, Faculty Development; Associate Dean, Winston School of Education & Social Policy; Professor, Higher Education; Interim Chair, Applied Human Development and Community Studies
Laura
Hsu
Program Director; Associate Professor, Human Development & Human Services
Katelyn
Kurkul
Associate Professor, Human Development and Human Services
Ruth
McKenzie
Assistant Professor, 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 CounselingÂ
Tess
Cooper-O'Neill
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
Interim Program Director; Director, Professional Preparation; and Professor of Practice, Higher Education
Susan
Marine
Vice Provost, Faculty Development; Associate Dean, Winston School of Education & Social Policy; Professor, Higher Education; Interim Chair, Applied Human Development and Community Studies
Elaine
Ward
Program Director & Associate Professor, Higher Education
Master of Social Work Program
James
Howland
Program Director and Associate Professor of Practice, Master of Social Work
Virginia
Durnford
Lecturer, 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, Winston School of Education & Social Policy; Department Chair, Program Director, and Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Brittnie
Aiello
Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth
Brault
Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kathleen
Burns
Program Coordinator & Academic Advisor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kathryn
DiPerna
Staff Instructor, Police Academy
Raymond
Mooney
Program Director and Professor of Practice, Police AcademyÂ
Michael
Pacheco
Staff Instructor, Police Academy
Alyssa
Yetter
Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal JusticeÂ
Education Department
Rory
Tannebaum
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Education
Amanda
Alcox
Program Coordinator, Merrimack Institute for New Teacher Support (MINTS)
Daruenie "D"
Andujar
Marie
Galinski
Program Director and Adjunct Lecturer, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS)
Stephanie
Garrone-Shufran
Assistant Professor, Education
Anne
Gatling
Co-Program Director and Associate Professor, STEMÂ 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
Assistant Director, Career Advising, Winston School of Education and Social Policy
