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Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA

Professor, MMI integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Director, MMI Doctoral Applied Behavior Analysis Program
Director of Early Intervention, Munroe-Meyer Institute iCASD
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

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Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD, BCBA-D

Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA is a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute and a board certified behavior analyst in MMI's integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders where she also serves as the director of the Early Intervention Program. Additionally, Rodriguez is the director of the Doctoral Program in Applied Behavior Analysis at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Rodriguez has received training at arguably some of the top institutions in which behavior analysis is taught and applied. This includes post-baccalaureate training in applied behavior analysis at the University of Florida, clinical and research training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Kennedy Krieger Institute, graduate training under the supervision of Dr. Rachel Thompson at the University of Kansas and Western New England University, and post-doctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. Wayne Fisher, where she currently resides at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

She has authored several book chapters and published peer-reviewed research studies in top journals in her discipline, including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Rodriguez continues to advance the academic and research mission of UNMC on both a national and international scale. She has been invited to present at numerous national and international conferences as well as teach courses and provide clinical and research consultation internationally. Her strong commitment to service in her discipline is exemplified, at least in part, by her roles as an Associate Editor (2020-2023) and longstanding editorial board member of her discipline’s flagship journal, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, which is known for its high publication standards and experimental rigor. 

As an integral part of her academic journey, teaching has always held a special place in Rodriguez’s contributions. Rodriguez is deeply committed to teaching and supporting others’ learning and professional growth. She received the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Education Stand-Out Award in 2017, and Researcher Stand-Out in 2019. She has been the fortunate recipient of UNMC’s Outstanding Teacher Award (2020), UNMC’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Junior Faculty (2022) as well as Association for Behavior Analysis International’s Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group’s Clinical Supervisor Award in Verbal Behavior (2021). Rodriguez continues to make meaningful contributions through her research, teaching and clinical work.

  • PhD: Western New England College, 2010.
  • MA: University of Kansas, 2007.
  • BS: University of Florida, 2002.

Specialty Certifications

  • Board Certified Behavior Analyst, 2009.
  • Licensed Behavior Analyst.

Rodriguez provides patient care services at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders as director of the Early Intervention Program.

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Publications from ORCID

* Denotes graduate student co-author for whom Rodriguez served as the primary advisor on the project.

CA Denotes articles for which Rodriguez am the corresponding author.

  • Fallon, M. J., Luczynski, K. C., & Rodriguez, N. M. (accepted). A preliminary evaluation of teaching children with autism spectrum disorder self-protections skills to bullying situations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., Bock, V. L.*, & Fallon, M. J.* (online, 2024). Eliminating biased selections during concurrent-chains schedules: A discovery research example. Behavioral Interventions.  
  • Aragon, M. A.*, Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., & McKeown, C.*, (online, 2024). Facilitating the emergence of intraverbal tacts by autistic children via joint control. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 
  • Owen, T. M. * & Rodriguez, N. M. (2024). Toward establishing a qualifying autoclitic repertoire in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 57, 204-225.  
  • Fahmie, T. A., Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., Rahaman, J. A. Charles, B. M., & Zangrillo, A. N. (2023). Toward an explicit technology of ecological validity. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56, 302-322.
  • Lehardy, R. K., Luczynski, K. C., Stocco, C. S., Fallon, M. J., Rodriguez, N. M. (2023). Increasing Young Children’s Honest Reports and Decreasing their Transgressions, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56, 98-116. 
  • Rodriguez, N. M., Aragon, M. A.*, McKeown, C.*, & Glodowski, K. R.* (2022). Facilitating the emergence of intraverbal-tacts in children with autism spectrum disorder: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 412-429.
  • Levesque-Wolfe, M. A., Rodriguez, N. M. CA, & Niemeier-Beck, J. J. (2021). Consideration of both discriminated and generalized responding when teaching children with autism abduction-prevention skills. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 396-409.
  • Owen, T. M., Luczynski, K. C., Rodriguez, N. M., & Fisher, W. W. (2021). Efficacy of and children’s and caregiver’s preferences for treatments for escape-maintained behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54, 946-965.
  • Blowers, A. P.*, Rodriguez, N. M.CA, Cohrs, V. L.*, Luczynski, K. C., Aragon, M. A.* (2020). Assessment and treatment of elopement maintained by chase. Behavioral Interventions, 35(3), 432–445.
  • Peterson, S. P.*, Rodriguez, N. M.CA, & Pawich, T. (2019). Effects of modeling rote versus varied responses on response variability and skill acquisition during discrete-trial instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 370-385.  
  • DeSouza, A. A., Fisher, W. W., & Rodriguez, N. M. (2019). Facilitating the emergence of convergent intraverbals in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 28-49.
  • Hood, S. A.*, Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., & Fisher, W. W. (2019). Evaluating the effects of physical reactions on aggression via concurrent-operant analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 642-651. 
  • Glodowski, K. R., & Rodriguez, N. M. (2019). The effects of scenic picture prompts on variability during the acquisition of intraverbal categorization for children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 35, 134-148.
  • Clinical and Research Practica in Early Intervention for Undergraduate-, Masters-, and Doctoral- level students.
  • Advanced Methods in Single Case Research.
  • Development Across the Lifespan.
  • Autism spectrum disorder.
  • Early Intervention.
  • Distinguished Service as Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023.
  • UNMC’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Junior Faculty, 2022.
  • New Invention: Activities of Daily Living Simulated Environments for Autistic Individuals, 2021 Research Innovation Awards, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
  • Association for Behavior Analysis International's Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group’s Clinical Supervisor Award in Verbal Behavior, 2021.
  • American Psychological Association.
  • Association for Behavior Analysis International.
  • Nebraska Association for Behavior Analysis.
  • UNMC’s Graduate Council.
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