Mark Benander, PhD

Dr. Benander is the program director and full-time faculty member of our graduate psychology programs in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He brings extensive clinical practice and teaching experience to his role at Bay Path including online teaching experience at St. Leo University. Dr. Benander earned the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst along with two master’s degrees, one in psychopharmacology from the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology and the other in counseling psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also earned a mastery certificate from Harvard in international refugee trauma recovery.