MICHAEL HANNON, PHD, LAC, NCC

Michael Hannon, PhD, LAC (NJ), NCC, is an Associate Professor of Counseling at Montclair State University.  An award-winning counselor, educator and scholar, Dr. Hannon is a highly sought-after lecturer, consultant, and collaborator.  He takes great pride in leveraging his lived experiences and his professional counseling experience in K-12 , student affairs, and clinical settings to the classroom and to his research.

Dr. Hannon’s research primarily focuses on Black men’s wellness, with a focus on the value they derive from their roles as fathers, community leaders, clients, and counselor educators.  His dissertation was the first study about the mental health of Black fathers of autistic people.  He also actively conducts studies and publishes about anti-Black racism in professional counseling and school counselors’ professional development needs.  To this end, Dr. Hannon has authored 30 publications and made over 90 presentations at professional counseling and allied health conferences and his work has been cited over 200 times since 2017.  He has been a featured contributor to media outlets and organizations such as Autism Speaks, Thrive Global, Fusion, Neurodiversity Experts, and Huffington Post.  His forthcoming book, Black Fathering and Mental Health will be published by Peter Lang in spring 2022.

Drs. Michael and LaChan Hannon are the co-founders of the Greater expectations Teaching & Advocacy Center (GETAC), a non-profit organization based in Burlington County, New Jersey, dedicated to supporting families supporting and institutions serving neurodivergent and other marginalized children and families.