Laske, M. M. (2026, April 9-12). Communicating with purpose: Behavior-analytic strategies for professional presentations [Paper presentation]. TxABA 41st Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Laske, M. M. (2024, November 18). Leveraging behavioral science for occupational safety: Practical insights from field and lab case studies [Paper presentation]. Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research, UNT, Denton, TX.
Laske, M. M. (2024, July 17-18). Facilitating top-tier conversations: Maximizing discussion, engagement, and root cause assessment in the field [Conference Session]. Marathon Petroleum Company, Robinson, IL.
Laske, M. M. (2024, June 13-15). Facilitating top-tier conversations [Conference Session]. European Conference on Applied Behavior Analysis, Milan, Italy.
Laske, M. M. (2024, April 19). My journey in public speaking research: A case study in scientific method [Paper presentation]. Professional Seminar Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Laske, M. M. (2023, September 22). My journey in public speaking research [Conference Session]. Research Colloquium (Alumni Presentation), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Laske, M. M. (2023, September 19-20). Facilitating top-tier conversations [Conference Session]. Appalachian Safety Summit 9th Annual Conference, Boone, NC.
Laske, M. M. (2023, June 17-19). Are terms like "culture," "engagement," and "incivility" behavioral? [Conference Session]. Black Applied Behavior Analysis Conference, Detroit, MI.
Laske, M. M. (2022, November 9). So you want to do data analytics? [Conference session]. Electric Power Research Institute, Chicago, IL.
Laske, M. M. (2022, July 13-15). So you want to do data analytics? [Conference session]. Marathon Petroleum Company, Robinson, IL.
Laske, M. M. (2022, July 13-15). Top tier field conversations: The perfect recipe [Conference session]. Marathon Petroleum Company, Robinson, IL.
Laske, M. M. (2022, July 13-15). A stone-age battle: Manager vs. employee roles in safety [Conference session]. Marathon Petroleum Company, Robinson, IL.
Laske, M. M. (2020, April 16). Barriers to employee safety [Conference session]. 26th Annual ASSP Western Carolina Safety School, Hickory, NC. (Canceled: COVID-19)
Laske, M. M. (2019, October 3). The eighth deadly sin… Pencil whipping [Conference Session]. Western Piedmont Safety Council, Lenoir, NC.
Workshops
Laske, M. M. (2026, May 21-25). Preparing and delivering professional presentations [Conference workshop]. ABAI 52nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Laske, M. M. (2025, July 14-15). Goal setting and performance management [Industry workshops]. Behavior Analysis Certification Board, Denver, CO.
Laske, M. M. (2025, April 24-27). Public speaking skills for scientists and practitioners [Conference workshop]. TxABA 40th Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Reed, D. D., & Laske, M. M. (2023, May 26). Improving public speaking skills for dissemination-focused presentations [Conference workshop]. ABAI 49th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Laske, M. M. (2023, February 2-10). Facilitating top-tier conversations in occupational safety [Industry workshops]. Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN.
Professional Presentations †student contributor *presenter
*Laske, M. M., Leslie, S., Goben, E. J., & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2026, May). The effects of filler sounds, speaker gender, and race on perceived speaking effectiveness and learning outcomes [Symposium]. ABAI 52nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
*†Bradley, A., Laske, M. M., †McDaniel, C., †Salazar, I., Dunham, R. & Sleiman, A. (2026, May). We have always done it that way and nothing went wrong [Symposium]. ABAI 52nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Sleiman, A., *Olasfdottir, A., Dunham, R., †Bradley, A., †McDaniel, C., †Salazar, I., & Laske, M. M. (2026, May). Exploring behavioral patterns and risks in a simulated work safety task [Symposium]. ABAI 52nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
*†Bradley, A., *†McDaniel, C., & *†Olivieri, J. (2025, November). Habits, heat maps, and headlines [Symposium]. Behavior Analysis Research Colloquium, UNT, Denton, TX.
*Laske, M. M. & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2025, May). Um, so, like, do speech disfluencies matter? [Symposium]. ABAI 51st Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
*Laske, M. M., Goben, E., Bartle, G. E., & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2025, May). The effects of remote group training and video-based training on professional conference presenting behaviors [Symposium]. ABAI 51st Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Laske, M. M. (2024, October). My journey in public speaking research [Paper]. Behavior Analysis Research Colloquium, UNT, Denton, TX.
*Giani, L., Ghezzi, G. A., Mazzola, D., & Laske, M. M. (2024, May). Improving safety leadership performance [Symposium]. ABAI 50th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
*Laske, M. M., DiGennaro Reed, F. D., & Braren, J. T. B. (2023, May). Um, so, like… How do we train public speaking? [Symposium]. ABAI 49th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Ludwig, T. D., Leslie, J., Açıkgöz, Y., Bergman, S., Granowsky, N., & *Laske, M. M. (2023, May). Safety analytics in three organizations [Symposium]. ABAI 49th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
*Laske, M. M., DiGennaro Reed, F. D., & Braren, J. T. B. (2022, September). Um, so, like… How do we train public speaking? [Symposium]. FABA 42nd Annual Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
*Laske, M. M. & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2022, May). Um, so, like: The effects of BST on public speaking behaviors [Symposium]. ABAI 48th Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
*Ludwig, T. D. & Laske, M. M. (2022, May). Contrasting response class and discriminant behavioral pinpoints [Symposium]. ABAI 48th Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
*Laske, M. M. (2022, May). A stone age battle: Manager vs. employee roles in safety [Conference session]. Safety in Action Conference, Dallas, TX.
*Laske, M. M. & Ludwig, T. D. (2021, May). 7-pinpoint criteria to promote risk identification [Symposium]. ABAI 47th Annual Conference, Online.
*Laske, M. M., Açıkgöz, Y., Ludwig, T. D., & Bergman, S. (2020, May). Utilizing data analytics to inform safety interventions [Symposium]. ABAI 46th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
*Laske, M. M. (2019, October). So you want to do data analytics? [Conference session]. Behavioral Safety Now Conference, Orlando, FL.
*Laske, M. M., *Sleiman, A., & *Matey, N. (2019, October). Best practices of BBS: A 15-year review [Conference session]. Behavioral Safety Now Conference, Orlando, FL.
*†York, K. et al. & Laske, M. M. (2026, March). Exploring behavioral patterns and risks in simulated operations [Poster]. UNT Scholars Day, Denton, TX.
*†Bradley, A. et al. & Laske, M. M. (2025, November). Exploring behavioral patterns and risks in simulated operations [Poster]. CCBS Leadership and Supervision Conference, Lawrence, KS.
*†McDaniel, C. et al. & Laske, M. M. (2025, April). Hot zones in cold aisles: A heat map analysis of warehouse hazards [Poster]. TxABA 40th Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
*†McDaniel, C. et al. & Laske, M. M. (2025, April). Hot zones in cold aisles [Poster]. UNT HPS Graduate Student Research Day, Denton, TX.
*†Bridges, K., Gonzalez, J. S., & Laske, M. M. (2025, March). A scoping review of participant history descriptions in TAVB [Poster]. APBA 15th Annual Convention, Dallas, TX.
*†Young, A. M., Ezerins, M. E., Laske, M. M., & Ludwig, T. D. (2022, April). Safety measurement culture [Poster]. SIOP Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
*Pfeiff, N. et al. & Laske, M. (2021, April). Direct observation technique for mask wearing surveillance amidst COVID-19 [Poster]. KansABA Annual Conference, Lawrence, KS.
*Nicholson, R. et al. & Laske, M. (2019, October). Suffering from whiplash? Effects of pencil whipping on data variability [Poster]. 15th RCIO Psychology Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
*Young, A. et al. & Laske, M. (2019, October). Does a quota a day keep the (safety) doctor away? [Poster]. 15th RCIO Psychology Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
*Compagnone, M. E., Laske, M. M. et al. (2019, October). Applicant reactions to the use of AI in selection [Poster]. APA Technology, Mind, and Society Conference, Washington, D.C.
*Laske, M. M. et al. (2019, May). Integrating behavior analysis and data analytics to target interventions [Poster]. ABAI 45th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Laske, M. M. et al. (2018, October). Developing a measure of safety data culture [Poster]. 14th RCIO Psychology Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
*Laske, M. & *Swanson, M. (2017, April). Effects of visual prompts on staff use of NET [Poster]. WMU Student Poster Session, Kalamazoo, MI.
Newhouse, M., *Laske, M. et al. (2016, September). Effects of generalized imitation training on functional speech acquisition during PECS training [Poster]. Michigan Autism Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.
