Forrest Toegel
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., West Virginia University
WSTN 1119
Office Hours: M 10-11, W 12-1 and by appointment
Dr. Forrest Toegel earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2014, followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in Behavior Analysis from West Virginia University between 2014 to 2018. Throughout his academic career, he conducted research in the areas of Experimental Analysis of Behavior and Applied Behavior Analysis, while also serving as a behavioral consultant in local schools and clinics. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2019 until 2022, where he conducted clinical trials aimed at addressing substance abuse, unemployment, and poverty.
Dr. Forrest Toegel is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on topics related to research methods, radical behaviorism, applied behavior analysis, and the experimental analysis of behavior. His research focuses on understanding and addressing behavior that is often characterized as “problematic” such as substance abuse, relapse, and failures in self-control. Learn more about his research on his laboratory website.
To learn more about research in the Toegel Lab, visit the lab website.
