معرفی
LaCount "JJ" Togans serves as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Lafayette College, joining the institution as part of their newest faculty cohort in 2024. He teaches PSYC 327: Social Psychology II and PSYC 219: Cross-cultural Psychology, emphasizing real-world applications of psychological principles.
His research program investigates cognitive, affective, and behavioral consequences of internal conflict and ambivalence, with specific focus on the psychology of guilty pleasures as a framework for understanding mixed emotions. Togans approaches social psychology as "the psychology of everyday life," integrating pop culture media, recent events, and interactive discussions into his teaching methodology.
Outside academia, Togans engages in cooking, baking, nostalgic commercial reel viewing from the 1990s-2000s, and competitive video gaming. Notably, he competed professionally in Super Smash Bros from 2008-2019, achieving 17th place out of 200 players at a 2015 Easton tournament.
