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Alkimi University Academics

Department of Psychology

Dr. Joyce Sun

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Faculty profile

About Dr. Joyce Sun

Portrait of Dr. Joyce Sun

Joyce Sun teaches Lifespan Developmental Psychology and conducts sections of Introductory Psychology, directing the Alkimi Infant Cognition Laboratory. Her research investigates early language acquisition, statistical learning, and object concept formation in infants during the first two years of life. She recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support infant developmental testing.

Dr. Joyce Sun is a member of the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Areas of expertise

  • Infant cognitive development
  • Language acquisition
  • Statistical learning
  • Early childhood cognition

Contact

Office
Lovell Hall 371
Building
Lovell Hall

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Fall 2026 office hours

Dr. Joyce Sun isn't teaching in Fall 2026. Email to arrange a meeting.

2026–27

Teaching

In 2026–27 Dr. Joyce Sun teaches sections of PSYC 101; your own section's instructor is listed in AlkimiHub. Other teaching rotates by year. For the department's courses, see the Department of Psychology.

Meeting with faculty

At least 3 hours per week during the semester, across at least 2 days, with at least 1 hour available virtually. Times are on each course syllabus in Canvas.