Alycia Hund
Professor and Chair
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DEG Degarmo Hall 430
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
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 and Contracts
Testing the effects of cognitive flexibility training on reading comprehension
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Illinois State University. July 2017 - June 2018
Promoting Students' Spatial Thinking in Upper Elementary Grades Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
May Jadallah, Alycia M. Hund, Jonathan Thayn.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2013 - August 31 2016
Documenting the development of professional skills and attitudes through out-of-class experiences in psychology
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Teaching and Learning Development Grant. February 01 2012 - June 30 2012
Explaining the development of professional skills and attitudes through out-of-class experiences in psychology
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Daisy Bueno.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Small Grant. July 01 2012 - June 30 2013
Reinvent your course for civic engagement
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
American Democracy Project and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation via Illinois State University. 2012 - 2012
Pathways to math success: Using executive functioning to predict children’s mathematics achievement across childhood
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Rachelle Cantin, Emily Kreke, Kristin Gallaway.
Center for Mathematics, Science, & Technology Professional Innovation Grant. October 01 2011 - June 30 2012
Understanding developmental increases in executive functioning and theory of mind in middle childhood: Specifying the role of simultaneous and sequential flexibility
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Summer Faculty Fellowship. July 01 2011 - June 30 2012
Journal Article
Visually scaling distance from memory: Do visible midline boundaries make a difference?
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Jodie M Plumert, Kara M Recker.
Spatial Cognition & Computation, 20, 134-159, (2020)
The indexical nature of classroom discourse: the role of technology integration
May Jadallah, Hyun-Sook Kang, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Elizabeth M Kirby.
Classroom Discourse, 1--20, (2019)
). Complex spatial language improves from 3 to 5 years: The role of prompting and overhearing in facilitating direction giving using between and middle
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, L J Bianchi, J F Winner, Matthew Hesson-McInnis.
Cognitive Development, 43, 170-181, (2017)
Integrating geospatial technologies in fifth-grade curriculum: Impact on spatial ability and map-analysis skills
May Jadallah, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Jonathan Boyd Thayn, Joel Garth Studebaker, Zachary J Roman, Elizabeth Kirby.
Journal of Geography, 116 (4), 139--151, (2017)
Integrating geospatial technologies in fifth-grade curriulum: Impact on spatial ability and map-analysis skills
May Jadallah, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Thayn Jonathan, Studebaker G Joel, Roman J Zachary, Kirby Elizabeth.
Journal of Geography, 116, 139-151, (2017)
Pathways to school readiness: Executive functioning predicts academic and social-emotional aspects of school readiness.
Trisha D. Mann, Alycia M. Hund, Matthew S. Hesson-McInnis, Zachary J. Roman.
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, 21-31, (2017)
Perceptually walking in another's shoes: Goals and memories constrain spatial perception.
David W. Vinson, J. Scott Jordan, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Psychological Research, 81, 66-74, (2017)
Executive Functioning Predicts Reading, Mathematics, and Theory of Mind During the Elementary Years
Rachelle H. Cantin, Emily K. Gnaedinger, Kristin C. Gallaway, Matthew Hesson-McInnis, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 146, 66-78, (2016), 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.01.014
Reading-Specific Flexibility Moderates the Relation Between Reading Strategy Use and Reading Comprehension During the Elementary Years
Emily K. Gnaedinger, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Matthew Hesson-McInnis.
Mind, Brain and Education, (2016)
Visuospatial working memory facilitates indoor wayfinding and direction giving.
Alycia Hund.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, (2016)
Learning in out-of-class experiences: The importance of professional skills.
Alycia M. Hund, Daisy Bueno.
Psychology Learning and Teaching,, 14, 62-69, (2015)
Specifying links between executive functioning and theory of mind during middle childhood: Cognitive flexibility predicts social understanding.
Allison M. Bock, Kristin C. Gallaway, Alycia M. Hund.
Journal of Cognition and Development, 16, 509-521, (2015)
What constitutes effective wayfinding directions: The role of descriptive cues and memory demands.
Alycia M. Hund, Devin M Gill.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 38, 217-234, (2014)
How good are these directions? Determining direction quality and wayfinding efficiency
A J Padgitt, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 32, 164-172, (2012)
The impact of culture and recipient perspective on direction giving in the service of wayfinding
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, M Schmettow, M L Noordzij.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 32, 327-336, (2012)
The impact of scaffolding and overhearing on young children’s use of the spatial terms between and middle
E K Foster, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Journal of Child Language, 39, 338-364, (2012)
Assessment of social competence of boys with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Problematic peer entry, host responses, and evaluations
M J Ronk, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Steven Landau, PhD.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 829-840, (2011)
Sustained attention and age predict inhibitory control during early childhood
S G Reck, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 504-512, (2011)
Cognitive flexibility explains unique variance in reading comprehension for elementary students.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Rebecca Bove, Nina Van Beuning.
Cognitive Development
Diversity in Parenting: Socialization Goals of Palestinian Mothers from Different Socio-economic Backgrounds
Layaly Hamayel, Gregory Braswell, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Journal ofFamily Studies
Does self-regulation mediate the relation between parent-child relationships and peer acceptance during early childhood?
Jessica N. Lucas-Nihei, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Matthew S. Hesson-McInnis.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
The Role of Teacher Efficacy and School Climate in Parent‐Teacher Relationship Quality and Congruence for Autistic Students.
Morgan E. Herber, Alycia M. Hund.
Psychology in the Schools
The development of relational language during early childhood: Comprehension and production of cardinal, ordinal, and spatial labels.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Alexis R. Colwell.
Cognitive Development
Young children’s understanding of ordinal and spatial labels.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Kathleen N. Kannass, Rebecca Bove, Lauren Fairweather, Morgan Maydew, Analeese Monla.
Cognitive Development
Newsletter
Culturally sensitive best practices for sex education programs
V D'Santiago, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Communiqué, 40 (6), 18-20, (2012)
Executive functioning predicts school readiness and success: Implications for assessment and intervention
R H Cantin, T D Mann, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Communiqué, 41 (4), 1, 20-21, (2012)
Presentations
“There are some bad people out there”: A mixed methods analysis of children’s internet concerns
Travis Hicks, Alycia M Hund, Laura Finan.
Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, May, 2025
Spatial skills and STEM learning during the early elementary years.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Alexis R. Colwell.
Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA, March, 2024
Developmental improvements in cardinal, ordinal, and spatial language in early childhood.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Alexis Colwell.
Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2023
Developmental improvements in cardinal, ordinal, and spatial language in early childhood
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Alexis Colwell, Mickey Hayes, Olivia Mangini, Ella Metzger, Emily Monroe.
Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI, April, 2022
Predictors of cross-racial sharing behavior in early childhood.
Miranda Ellis, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Corinne Zimmerman.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2022
Examining links between inhibitory control, shyness, and reactive and proactive aggression at 4 years
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Samantha Croney.
Society for Research in Child Development, online, April, 2021
Young children’s understanding of ordinal, spatial, and color labels
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Kathleen N. Kannass, Rebecca Bove, Lauren Fairweather, Morgan Maydew, Analeese Monla.
Society for Research in Child Development, online, April, 2021
The role of working memory in direction giving for wayfinding
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Darin Roberts, Rachel Millard.
Psychonomics Society, Online, November, 2020
Mediating the relation between parent-child attachment relationships and peer acceptance and preschoolers' self-regulation
Jessica N. Lucas-Nihei, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
American Psychological Association, Online, August, 2020
Implementing GIS in elementary classrooms: Challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
American Association of Geographers, Denver, CO, April, 2020
Children's understanding of ordinal, spatial, alphabet, and color labels in a spatial search task.
Rebecca Bove, Alize DuBre-Schloz, Lauren Fairweather, Cody Heap, Morgan Maydew, Analeese Monla, Krissy Okamura, Michaela Pierson, Kristina Wiemer, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Temperament and aggression in early childhood.
Samantha Croney, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Elementary general and special educators' efficacy teaching students with disabilities.
Morgan E. Johnson, Alycia M. Hund.
National Association of School Psychologists, Baltimore, MD, February, 2020
Visually scaling distance from memory: Do visible boundaries make a difference?
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Jodie M. Plumert, Kara M. Recker.
Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY, October, 2019
Which aspects of cognitive flexibility are related to reading comprehension?
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Rebecca M. Bove.
Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY, October, 2019
Understanding elementary teacher-student spatial language during a GIS lesson
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Rosaury Hernandez, Barbara Miller, May Jadallah.
American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2019
Does visuospatial working memory affect wayfinding using two- and three-dimensional maps?
Olivia J. Cody, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2019
Understanding cognitive flexibility and reading comprehension among elementary students
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, March, 2019
Young children’s understanding of ordinal, spatial, and alphabet labels in a spatial search task.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Cody Heap.
Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, March, 2019
Examining attachment relationships, self-regulation, and peer acceptance during preschool.
Jessica N. Lucas-Nihei, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA, February, 2019
Integrating Geospatial Technologies in 5th Grade Curriculum: Impact on Spatial Ability and Map Analysis Skills.
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Geography Colloquium Series, Department of Geography, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, September, 2018
Understanding direction giving in the service of wayfinding on a university quad
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD.
Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI, July, 2018
Gender differences in self-regulation and school readiness in preschoolers
Leah C. Marks, Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Jessica N. Lucas-Nihei.
National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL, February, 2018
Testing the role of visuospatial working memory in wayfinding and direction giving
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Olivia J Cody.
Psychonomics Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November, 2017
Does cognitive flexibility training improve reading comprehension for elementary students?
Alycia Marilyn Hund, PhD, Nina Van Beuning.
Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR, October, 2017