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
2024 - PhD in Psychology
Advisor: Pádraig O’Séaghdha, PhD
Advisor: Pádraig O’Séaghdha, PhD

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+
