CV

Channing Everidge Hambric

Email: c.hambic@bowdoin.edu
Phone: 606-401-7922

Academic Appointments

Bowdoin College

NSF Postdoctoral Scholar - 2024-2026
PI: Abhilasha Kumar, PhD

Education

Lehigh University

Lehigh University

2020 - Master of Science in Psychology

The College of William & Mary

2018 - Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Publications

• Hambric, C. E. (2025). Retuning conceptual-lexical access: does interference promote more robust learning? Psychological Research, 89, 137.
• Hambric, C. E., Holmes, K. J., & Kumar, A. A. (2025). Are object state changes represented during language comprehension? A non-replication and extension. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 47).
• Hambric, C. E., Jones, M. N., & Kumar, A. A. (2025). Lexical Search Dynamics in Taxonomic, Thematic, and Ad hoc Categories. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 47).
• Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2025). Retrieval-induced semantic interference. Journal of Memory and Language, 140, 104570.
• Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2023). The unseen, the seen, and the spoken: Latent and overt priming in cyclic picture naming. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(10), 2410–2430.
• Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2022). Aligning Language and Memory Accounts of Semantic Interference. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 44).
• Marvel, C. J., Bates, J. E., Hambric, C. E., et al. (2021). The Lehigh Presidential Nano-Human Interface Project: Convergence of Materials, Computer, and Cognitive Science. Materials Research Society Bulletin, 46, 1–5.
• Thrash, T. M., Wadsworth, L. M., Sim, Y. Y., Wan, X., & Everidge, C. (2019). Implicit–Explicit Motive Congruence and Moderating Factors. In The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation.

Articles Currently Under Revision

• Hambric, C. E., Sides, J., Holmes, K. J., & Kumar, A. A. Representing object state change during sentence comprehension: Boundary conditions and language-specific constraints.
• Hambric, C. E., J. A., Rammell, S. C., Kronenberger, W. G., Pisoni, D. B., Jones, M. N., & Kumar, A. A. Signatures of Adaptive Memory Search: How Early Linguistic Input Shapes Strategic Use of Lexical Information..

Articles in Preparation

• Kumar, A. A., Hambric, C. E., Zhang, L., Jones, M. N. A large-scale investigation of explore-exploit tradeoffs and lexical interactions in memory search across diverse categorical domains.
• Hambric, C. E., Middleton, E. L., Kumar, A. A. Computational Perspectives on Semantic Fluency Impairments in People with Aphasia.
• O’Séaghdha, P. G., Hambric, C. E., Hupbach, A., & Heflin, J. (in prep.). Task Specificity of Semantic Interference Effects in Production.
• O’Séaghdha, P. G., Frazer, A., & Hambric, C. E. (in preparation). Preparation As a Mirror of Production: An Attentional Account of Phonological Preparation in Speaking.

Presentations

• November 2025
  Hambric, C. E., Middleton, E. L., & Kumar, A. A. (2024). Computational Perspectives on Semantic Fluency Impairments in People with Aphasia. Poster, 66th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• July 2025
  Hambric, C. E., Holmes, K. J., & Kumar, A. A. (2025). Are object state changes represented during language comprehension? A non-replication and extension. Poster, 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
• July 2025
  Hambric, C. E., & Kumar, A. A. (2025). Lexical Search Dynamics in Taxonomic, Thematic, and Ad hoc Categories. Poster, 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
• November 2024
  Kumar, A. A., & Hambric, C. E. (2024). Task and Resource Constraints Modulate Memory Search: Evidence from Gamified Experiments with Individuals, Groups, and Dyads. Poster, 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2024
  Chen, M., O’Séaghdha, P. G., & Hambric, C. E. (2024). Declaration of Feature Independence: Masked Onset Priming Effects Are Independent of Form Preparation but Support the Priority of Place Over Voice. Poster, 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2024
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2024). Adaptive Learning After Semantic Interference: Does Interference Promote Enhanced Relearning? Poster, 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2024
  Lim, R., Cooney, A., Kumar, A. A., & Hambric, C. E. (2024). Group Differences in Lexical Source Use and Clustering During Memory Search. Poster, 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2023
  Chen, M., Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2023). Phonemic Similarity in Production and Preparation: Is Place of Articulation Privileged? Poster, 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2022
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2022). Aligning Language and Memory Accounts of Semantic Interference. Talk, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• July 2022
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2022). Aligning Language and Memory Accounts of Semantic Interference. Flash Talk, 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
• June 2022
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2022). Aligning Language Production and Memory Accounts of Semantic Interference. Poster, 12th International Workshop on Language Production.
• April 2022
  LaMena, G., Rosano, D., Hallagan, N., & Hambric, C. E. (2022). Boosting Semantic Interference for Thematically Related Words. Poster, 36th Annual LVAIC Undergraduate Psychology Conference.
• November 2021
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2021). Solving the Problem of Cyclic Naming. Poster, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• November 2020
  Hambric, C. E., & O’Séaghdha, P. G. (2020). Overt and Latent Semantic Competition in Picture Naming. Poster, 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• March 2020
  O’Séaghdha, P. G., Hambric, C. E., Hupbach, A., & Heflin, J. (2020). Context Specificity of Semantic Interference Effects in Production. Poster, 33rd Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference.
• November 2019
  O’Séaghdha, P. G., Hambric, C. E., Hupbach, A., & Heflin, J. (2019). Cross-Task Semantic Interference. Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
• April 2019
  Miller, L., Lu, Y., Garcia, D., Haber, N., & Everidge, C. (2019). Subliminal Modulation of Semantic Interference. Poster, 33rd Annual LVAIC Undergraduate Psychology Conference.

Awards

• CAS Graduate Student Research Prize (2023), $500
• Doctoral Travel Grant (2019), $500
• Dean’s Research Fellowship (Spring 2022)

Professional & Service Roles

• Panelist, Encouraging Future Scientists: Supporting Undergraduates at Psychonomics (2025)
• Nano/Human Interface RA (2023–2024)
• Participant Pool Coordinator (2022–2023)
• Research Advisory Committee Rep (2020–2022)
• Dept. Graduate Committee Rep (2021–2022)
• IRB Graduate Student Rep (2019–2021)
• “Brown Bag” Colloquia Coordinator (2019–2020)

Peer Review Activities

• Memory & Cognition, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Memory, Cognitive Science Society, JEP:LMC, JEP:HPP, Neuropsychology

Affiliations

• Psychonomic Society
• Cognitive Science Society
• Association for Psychological Science
• Society for Human Sentence Processing
• WICS+