Samantha Bergmann, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Behavior Analysis
Assistant Professor
Samantha Bergmann
About

Dr. Samantha Bergmann is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. She co-directs the Training and Research: Autism Intervention Laboratory housed in the UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center and co-directs a peer-mentoring program in Housing and Residential Life’s UNT Collaborative Action for the Neurodiverse cohort. Her research interests include applied and transitional questions related to treatment integrity, instructional efficacy and efficiency, stimulus control, and verbal behavior. Dr. Bergmann's serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice and is an Associate Editor for The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Dr. Bergmann has presented at state, regional, and national conferences and has published research in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Psychological Record, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

Primary Research Interests: 

Early intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), auditory and visual discrimination learning, language acquisition, procedural integrity.

Other Information

Laddaga Gavidia, V.*, Bergmann, S., & Rader, K. A. (2022). The use of instructive feedback to promote emergent verbal responses: A replication. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior

Bergmann, S., Kodak, T., & Harman, M. J. (2021). When do reinforcement errors affect learning? A parametric analysis of treatment integrity of skill-acquisition procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115(2), 561-577.

Bergmann, S., Turner, M., Kodak, T., Grow, L., Meyerhofer, C., Niland, H.*, & Edmonds, K. (2021). Replicating Stimulus-Presentation Orders in Discrimination Training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(2), 793-812

Bergmann, S., Kodak, T., Van Den Elzen, G., Cliett, 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(1), 74-100