PhD, Disability Disciplines, 2015, Utah State University
MS, Applied Behavior Analysis, Organizational Behavior Management, 2009, Florida Institute of Technology
BS, Psychology, Spanish, 2007, Western Michigan University
Teaching
SPE 515/616 Foundations of Applied Behavior Analysis
SPE 626 Applied Behavioral Analysis for Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders
SPE 627 Seminar in Developmental and Sensory Disabilities
SPE 710 Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
SPE 740 Verbal Behavior
SPE 791 Clinical Practicum for Special Needs Population
SPE 799 Thesis-Autism Spectrum Disorder
Research and professional interests
Novel functional analysis methodologies
Elopement
Schedule/Reinforcement thinning
Preference assessments
Behavioral contrast
Selected publications
Boyle, M. A., Bacon, M. T., Brewer, E. M., Carton, S. N., & Strange, L. A. (2020). Evaluating a treatment without extinction for elopement maintained by access to stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.682
Curtis, K. S., Forck, K. L., Boyle, M. A., Fudge, B. M., Speake, H. N., & Pauls, B. P. (2020). Evaluation of a trial-based interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.618
Boyle, M. A., Forck, K. L., Curtis, K. S., Fudge, B. M., Speake, H. N., & Pauls, B. P. (2019). A replication of the response-restriction preference assessment. Behavioral Interventions. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1683
Boyle, M. A., Stamper, S. M., Donaldson, E. A., Curtis, K. S., Forck, K. L., Shrimplin, M. A., Barsness, A. C., & Oller, C. (2019). Functional communication training for multiple reinforcers: An evaluation of isolated control following a synthesized context. Behavior Analysis in Practice. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00320-7
Boyle, M. A., Hoffmann, A. N., & Lambert, J. L. (2018). Behavioral contrast: Research and areas for investigation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.469