Dr. Hallie Ertel has extensive experience in the field of behavior analysis. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Mary Washington, followed by a semester internship at Western New England University, she obtained her Masters of Science and Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis from the Florida Institute of Technology, under the direction of Dr. David A. Wilder, Ph.D. & BCBA-D. She obtained her BACB certification in January 2021.

Dr. Ertel has numerous publications to her name and her areas of expertise include the use of instruction ratios in ABA and teaching mask tolerance for children with autism, the latter being the subject of her dissertation.