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Cramer Hall

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-6276tiffany.kodak@marquette.edu

Professor

Psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis

Dr. Kodak is a psychologist (license currently inactive), licensed behavior analyst, and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She started working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder more than 30 years ago while earning her bachelor’s degree in San Diego, CA. Dr. Kodak obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at North Dakota State University and her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Louisiana State University. Thereafter, she completed an internship at the Marcus Autism Center and her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute. Dr. Kodak was formerly the Director of the Early Intervention program at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, an Associate Professor and Director of School Psychology at the University of Oregon, and an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before joining the faculty at ÌÇÐÄviog¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾. Dr. Kodak was the recipient of the ABAI Outstanding Mentorship Award in 2013. She formerly served as the Editor in Chief for The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (2021-2025) and as an Associate Editor (2014-2018) for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Learning and Motivation. She currently serves on several editorial boards including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Kodak teaches courses in the behavior analysis program including Applied Behavior Analysis, Verbal Behavior, Ethics, Consultation and Supervision, and Skill Acquisition.

Research Interests

Dr. Kodak’s research focuses on early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and includes increasing the efficiency of academic instruction, acquisition of verbal behavior, computer-assisted instruction, treatment integrity, conditional discrimination, early literacy skills, and social skills assessment and intervention. Due to her expertise in skill acquisition and instructional design, Dr. Kodak and her students collaborate with parents and teachers to improve learning outcomes for all their clients. In addition, Dr. Kodak’s research team evaluates parent, child, and staff preference for intervention. Graduate and undergraduate students are mentored by Dr. Kodak to develop, conduct, and publish research as well as present their research at regional and national conferences.

Publications

Selected Publications (in the past five years, *denotes student author)

Kodak, T., & *Cowan, L. C. (2026). A problem-solving model to address barriers to learning during receptive labeling. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 

*Basile, C. D., Kodak, T., *Effertz, H. M., & *Gifford, M. R. (2026) Conditioned motivating operations: Examples and practical considerations. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 19, 766–778.

*Reidy, J., Kodak, T., *Halbur, M., & *Debertin, L. (2025). An examination of learner response characteristics on the efficacy and efficiency of error correction. Research in Autism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202774

Waite. M, Kodak, T., & Whang, A. (2025). Developmental and validation of an owner-implemented ear cleaning protocol for companion dogs. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01135-z

*Halbur, M., Kodak, T., & *Reidy, J. (2025). A comparison of training procedures on the emergence of multiply controlled tacts. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 40(2), 379–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-024-00214-6

*Bergmann, S., & Kodak, T. (2023). The tact is being emitted by the child: Replicating and extending parity research with English-speaking, typically developing children. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-023-00188-x

*Halbur, M. H., *Reidy, J., Kodak, T., & *Cowan, L. (2023). Effects of enhanced and standard data sheets on treatment fidelity and data collection. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00869-y

*Halbur, M., Kodak, T., *Reidy, J., & *Bergmann, S. C. (2023). Comparing manipulations to enhance stimulus salience during intraverbal training. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

*Cowan, L. & Kodak, T. (2023). Professional skill for behavior analysts: A survey on the proficiency and performance of hard and soft skills. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

Waite, M., & Kodak, T. (2023). Owner-implemented paired-stimulus food preference assessment for companion dogs. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 120, 62-77.

Bergmann, S., *Niland, H., *Otero, M., *Laddaga Gavidia, V., & Kodak, T. (2022). Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder to tact auditory stimuli: A replication. Behavioral Interventions, 38(3), 636–652. 

*Harman, M., Kodak, T., *Bergmann, S., & *Juban, B. (2022). An analysis of the effects of topographically similar and dissimilar auditory stimuli on the accuracy and latency to respond in a math task. Learning & Motivation, 80, 101841.

Cengher, M., & Kodak, T. (2022). Development of a reviewer mentoring program in the Analysis of Verbal Behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

      Note: this is an editorial that did not participate in a typical peer-review process

Kodak, T., Bergmann, S., & Waite. M. (2022). Strengthening the research-to-practice loop in treatment integrity. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 118, 215-236. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.780

*Cordeiro, M. C., Kodak, T., *Reidy, J., *Stoppleworth, A., *Zelinski, K., & *Jainga, A. (2022). Comparison of mastery criterion applied to individual targets and stimulus sets on acquisition of tacts, intraverbals, and listener responses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 1258-1279.

*Bergmann, S., *Van Den Elzen, G., Kodak, T., *Niland, H., & *Dawson, D. (2022). Comparing matrix training procedures for children with autism spectrum disorder. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 38, 24-53.

Kodak, T., *Bergmann, S., *Cordeiro, M. C., Bamond, M., Isenhower, R., & Fiske, K. (2022). Replication of a skills assessment for auditory-visual conditional discrimination training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 622-638.

*Halbur, M., Kodak, T., McKee, M., *Reidy, J., Preas, E., & Carroll, R. (2021). Decreasing face touching for children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Interventions. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1854

*Scott, A., Kodak, T., & *Cordeiro, M. C. (2021). Do targets with consistent errors affect the efficiency of instruction? The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 37, 217-225. 10.1007/s40616-021-00163-4

*Waite, M. R., Harman, M., & Kodak, T. (2021). Frequency and demographics of mouthing behavior in companion dogs in the United States. Learning and Motivation, 74, 101726.

^Halbur, M., Kodak, T., McKee, M., Carroll, R., Preas, E., *Reidy, J., & *Cordeiro, M. C. (2021). Tolerance of face coverings for children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54, 600-617.

*Harman, M. J., Kodak, T., *Bohl, L., & *Mayland, T. (2021). The effects of competing verbal behavior on performance in a math task. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 37, 57-76.

*Halbur, M., Kodak, T., *Williams, X., *Reidy, J., & Halbur, C. (2021). Comparisons of sounds and words as sample stimuli for discrimination training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54, 1126-1138.

*Waite, M. R. & Kodak, T. (2021). Owner-implemented functional analyses and reinforcement-based treatments for mouthing in dogs. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(1), 269–283.

*Bergmann, S., Kodak, T., & *Harman, M. (2021). When do errors affect learning? A parametric analysis of treatment integrity for skill-acquisition procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115, 561-577.

*Bergmann, S., Kodak, T., *VanDenElzen, G., *Jones, T., & *Benitez, B. (2021). Efficacy and efficiency of auditory discrimination procedures for children with autism spectrum disorder and typical development: A preliminary investigation. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 22, 74-100.

*Halbur, M., *Caldwell, K., & Kodak, T. (2021). Stimulus control research and practice: Considerations of stimulus disparity and salience for discrimination training. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 272-282. https://0-dx.doi.org./10.1007/s40617-020-00509-9

Kodak, T. & *Halbur, M. (2021). A tutorial for the design and use of assessment-based instruction in practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 166­-180. https://0-dx.doi.org./10.1007/s40617-020-00497-w

*Bergmann, S., *Turner, M., Kodak, T., Grow, L. L., *Meyerhofer, C., *Niland, H. S., & *Edmonds, K. (2021). A replication of stimulus presentation orders on auditory-visual conditional discrimination training with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54, 793-812.