Nicole Neil, PhD,BCBA-D

Nicole Neil, PhD, BCBA-D is the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Education and Coordinator of the MPEd in Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Western Ontario. She is also Clinical Director at Looking Ahead Clinical Services, an agency providing behavioural services across the lifespan to people with developmental disabilities and their families.

She holds a PhD in Learning Processes and Behavior Analysis from the Graduate Centre, City University of New York. She has served as a Director and on numerous committees for the Ontario Association for Applied Behaviour Analysis and also serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the College of Psychologists of Ontario, on the Applied Behaviour Analysis Regulation Working Group.

She was the recipient of the 2018 Ontario Association for Applied Behaviour Analysis Teaching Award. She has co-authored articles and holds research grants on interdisciplinary approaches to behaviour-analytic intervention including inclusive informal STEM Education; function-based cognitive behaviour therapy for children with autism and obsessive-compulsive behaviour; and behaviour-analytic interventions for children with Down syndrome.