Alycia Hund
Professor and Chair
Psychology
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DEG Degarmo Hall 430
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- About
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Current Courses
PSY 393.021 Advanced Peer Mentoring and Student Success Apprenticeship
PSY 390.021 Advanced Research Apprenticeship
PSY 290.021 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
Teaching Interests & Areas
Lifespan Development (PSY 213) Infant and Child Development (PSY 301/PSY 401)
Research Interests & Areas
Cognitive Development; Executive Functioning; Spatial Cognition and STEM Learning; Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Elementary Grades; School Readiness and Achievement; Relational Language and Early Number Skills
Ph D Psychology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
BA Psychology
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
Red Tassel Mortar Board Leadership Award
Illinois State University
2025
Impact Award
University College
2025
Outstanding University Service Award
Illinois State University
2021
Faculty Member of the Year
Psi Chi/Student Psychology Association, Illionis State University
2016
Fellow
Midwestern Psychological Association
2015
Outstanding University Teaching Award
Illinois State University
2015
Outstanding College Teaching Award (Social Sciences)
College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
2014
Outstanding College Service Award (Social Sciences)
College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
2012
Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2007
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2005
Grants & Contracts
Testing the effects of cognitive flexibility training on reading comprehension. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2017)
Promoting Students' Spatial Thinking in Upper Elementary Grades Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). National Science Foundation. Federal. (2013)
Documenting the development of professional skills and attitudes through out-of-class experiences in psychology. Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Teaching and Learning Development Grant. Illinois State University. (2012)
Explaining the development of professional skills and attitudes through out-of-class experiences in psychology. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Small Grant. Illinois State University. (2012)
Reinvent your course for civic engagement. American Democracy Project and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation via Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2012)
Pathways to math success: Using executive functioning to predict children’s mathematics achievement across childhood. Center for Mathematics, Science, & Technology Professional Innovation Grant. Illinois State University. (2011)
Understanding developmental increases in executive functioning and theory of mind in middle childhood: Specifying the role of simultaneous and sequential flexibility. Summer Faculty Fellowship. Illinois State University. (2011)
Journal Article
Hund, PhD, A., Plumert, J., & Recker, K. Visually scaling distance from memory: Do visible midline boundaries make a difference?. Spatial Cognition & Computation 20 (2020): 134-159.
Jadallah, M., Kang, H., Hund, PhD, A., & Kirby, E. The indexical nature of classroom discourse: the role of technology integration. Classroom Discourse (2019): 1--20.
Hund, PhD, A., Bianchi, L., Winner, J., & Hesson-McInnis, M. ). Complex spatial language improves from 3 to 5 years: The role of prompting and overhearing in facilitating direction giving using between and middle. Cognitive Development 43 (2017): 170-181.
Jadallah, M., Hund, PhD, A., Thayn, J., Studebaker, J., Roman, Z., & Kirby, E. Integrating geospatial technologies in fifth-grade curriculum: Impact on spatial ability and map-analysis skills. Journal of Geography 116.4 (2017): 139--151.
Jadallah, M., Hund, PhD, A., Jonathan, T., Joel, S., Zachary, R., & Elizabeth, K. Integrating geospatial technologies in fifth-grade curriulum: Impact on spatial ability and map-analysis skills. Journal of Geography 116 (2017): 139-151.
Mann, T., Hund, A., Hesson-McInnis, M., & Roman, Z. Pathways to school readiness: Executive functioning predicts academic and social-emotional aspects of school readiness.. Mind, Brain, and Educationa. Mann, T. D., Hund, A. M., Hesson-McInnis, M. S., & Roman, Z. J. (in press). Pathways to school readiness: Executive functioning predicts academic and social-emotional aspects of school readiness. Mind, Brain, and Education. 11 (2017): 21-31.
Vinson, D., Jordan, J., & Hund, PhD, A. Perceptually walking in another's shoes: Goals and memories constrain spatial perception.. Psychological Research 81 (2017): 66-74.
Cantin, R., Gnaedinger, E., Gallaway, K., Hesson-McInnis, M., & Hund, PhD, A. Executive Functioning Predicts Reading, Mathematics, and Theory of Mind During the Elementary Years. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 146 (2016): 66-78.
Gnaedinger, E., Hund, PhD, A., & Hesson-McInnis, M. Reading-Specific Flexibility Moderates the Relation Between Reading Strategy Use and Reading Comprehension During the Elementary Years. Mind, Brain and Education (2016)
Hund, A. Visuospatial working memory facilitates indoor wayfinding and direction giving.. Journal of Environmental Psychology (2016)
Bock, A., Gallaway, K., & Hund, A. Specifying links between executive functioning and theory of mind during middle childhood: Cognitive flexibility predicts social understanding.. Journal of Cognition and Development 16 (2015): 509-521.
Hund, A., & Bueno, D. Learning in out-of-class experiences: The importance of professional skills.. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 14 (2015): 62-69.
Hund, A., & Gill, D. What constitutes effective wayfinding directions: The role of descriptive cues and memory demands.. Journal of Environmental Psychology 38 (2014): 217-234.
Foster, E., & Hund, PhD, A. The impact of scaffolding and overhearing on young children’s use of the spatial terms between and middle. Journal of Child Language 39 (2012): 338-364.
Hund, PhD, A., Schmettow, M., & Noordzij, M. The impact of culture and recipient perspective on direction giving in the service of wayfinding. Journal of Environmental Psychology 32 (2012): 327-336.
Padgitt, A., & Hund, PhD, A. How good are these directions? Determining direction quality and wayfinding efficiency. Journal of Environmental Psychology 32 (2012): 164-172.
Reck, S., & Hund, PhD, A. Sustained attention and age predict inhibitory control during early childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 108 (2011): 504-512.
Ronk, M., Hund, PhD, A., & Landau, PhD, S. Assessment of social competence of boys with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Problematic peer entry, host responses, and evaluations. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 39 (2011): 829-840.
Hamayel, L., Braswell, G., & Hund, PhD, A. Diversity in Parenting: Socialization Goals of Palestinian Mothers from Different Socio-economic Backgrounds. Journal ofFamily Studies
Herber, M., & Hund, A. The Role of Teacher Efficacy and School Climate in Parent‐Teacher Relationship Quality and Congruence for Autistic Students.. Psychology in the Schools
Hund, PhD, A., Bove, R., & Van Beuning, N. Cognitive flexibility explains unique variance in reading comprehension for elementary students.. Cognitive Development
Hund, PhD, A., & Colwell, A. The development of relational language during early childhood: Comprehension and production of cardinal, ordinal, and spatial labels.. Cognitive Development
Hund, PhD, A., Kannass, K., Bove, R., Fairweather, L., Maydew, M., & Monla, A. Young children’s understanding of ordinal and spatial labels.. Cognitive Development
Lucas-Nihei, J., Hund, PhD, A., & Hesson-McInnis, M. Does self-regulation mediate the relation between parent-child relationships and peer acceptance during early childhood?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Newsletter
Cantin, R., Mann, T., & Hund, PhD, A. Executive functioning predicts school readiness and success: Implications for assessment and intervention. Communiqué 41.4 (2012): 1, 20-21.
D'Santiago, V., & Hund, PhD, A. Culturally sensitive best practices for sex education programs. Communiqué 40.6 (2012): 18-20.
Presentations
Hicks, T., Hund, A. M., & Finan, L. (2025, May). “There are some bad people out there”: A mixed methods analysis of children’s internet concerns. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Spatial skills and STEM learning during the early elementary years.. Cognitive Development Society. (2024)
Hund, A. M., & Colwell, A. (2023, March). Developmental improvements in cardinal, ordinal, and spatial language in early childhood. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Ellis, M., Hund, A. M., & Zimmerman, C. (2022, April). Predictors of cross-racial sharing behavior in early childhood. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hund, A. M., Colwell, A., Hayes, M., Mangini, O., Metzger, E., & Monroe, E. (2022, April). Developmental improvements in cardinal, ordinal, and spatial language in early childhood. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI.
Croney, S., & Hund, A. M. (2021, April). Examining links between inhibitory control, shyness, and reactive and proactive aggression at 4 years. Poster presented (virtually) at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Hund, A. M., Kannass, K. N., Bove, R., Fairweather, L., Maydew, M., & Monla, A. (2021, April). Young children’s understanding of ordinal, spatial, and color labels. Poster presented (virtually) at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Bove, R., DuBre-Schloz, A., Fairweather, L., Heap, C., Maydew, M., Monla, A., Okamura, K., Pierson, M., Wiemer, K., & Hund, A. M. (2020, April*). Children’s understand of ordinal, spatial, alphabet, and color labels in a spatial search task. Poster accepted for the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. *Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.
Croney, S., & Hund, A. M. (2020, April*). Temperament and aggression in early childhood. Poster accepted for the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. *Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.
Hund, A. M. (2020, April*). Implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in elementary classrooms: Challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned. In J. Hamerlinck (Chair), Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Spatial Thinking and Cognition II: Geography, Cognition, and Learning. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO. *Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19.
Hund, A. M., Roberts, D., & Millard, R. (2020, November). The role of working memory in direction giving for wayfinding. Poster presented at the annual (virtual) meeting of the Psychonomics Society.
Johnson, M. E., & Hund, A. M. (2020, February). Elementary general and special educators' efficacy teaching students with disabilities. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists, Baltimore, MD.
Lucas-Nihei, J. N., & Hund, A. M. (2020, August). Mediating the relation between parent-child attachment relationships and peer acceptance with preschoolers' self-regulation. Poster presented (virtually) at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Understanding elementary teacher-student spatial language during a GIS lesson. American Psychological Association. (2019)
Cody, O. J., & Hund, A. M., (2019, April). Does visuospatial working memory affect wayfinding using two- and three-dimensional maps? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hund, A. M. (2019, March). Understanding cognitive flexibility and reading comprehension among elementary students. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Hund, A. M., & Bove, R. M. (2019, October). Which aspects of cognitive flexibility are related to reading comprehension? Poster to be presented at the biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
Hund, A. M., & Heap, C. (2019, March). Young children’s understanding of ordinal, spatial, and alphabet labels in a spatial search task. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Hund, A. M., Plumert, J. M., & Recker, K. M. (2019, October). Visually scaling distance from memory: Do visible boundaries make a difference? Poster to be presented at the biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
Lucas-Nihei, J. N., & Hund, A. M. (2019, February). Examining attachment relationships, self-regulation, and peer acceptance during preschool. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.
Hund, A. M. (2018, July). Understanding direction giving in the service of wayfinding on a university quad. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI.
Integrating Geospatial Technologies in 5th Grade Curriculum: Impact on Spatial Ability and Map Analysis Skills. Geography Colloquium Series, Department of Geography, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, 9/11/18.
Marks, L. C., Hund, A. M., & Lucas-Nihei, J. N. (2018, February). Gender differences in self-regulation and school readiness in preschoolers. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.
A comparison of teacher report and direction measure of school readiiness. National Association of School Psychologists. (2017)
Does cognitive flexibility training improve reading comprehension for elementary students?. Cognitive Development Society. (2017)