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Laura Lynn Shackelford

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0934-2360
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Research Interests

Paleoanthropology, Southeast Asia, Late Pleistocene human evolution, postcranial biomechanics, functional anatomy; virtual reality and technology in education

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, 2005
M.A., Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, 2001
B.S., Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, Duke University, 1998

Grants

2018-2020 National Geographic: Quest for human origins in mainland Southeast Asia: Tam Pa Ling cave, Laos
2017-2019 NSF #1736235: EXP: Social science education through virtual reality simulation of an archaeological research site
2016 Illinois Learning Sciences Design Initiative Phase II Grant
2016 Wenner-Gren (PI: Demeter, co-PI: Shackelford)
2012 Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, UIUC Research Board
2009 UIUC Research Board
2007 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
2002 Sigma Xi Research Grant
2007 UIUC Research Board
2003-04 National Science Foundation BCS-0314002: Doctoral Dissertation Grant
2003 Lambda Alpha Research Grant
2015 Illinois Learning Sciences Design Initiative Seed Funding Program
2003 AMNH Collection Study Grant
2011 Hewlett Foundation International Research Grant

Teaching

Anth 102 Human Origins & Culture
Anth 347 Human Osteology
Anth 399 Virtual Archaeology
Anth 435 The Neandertal Debate
Anth 440 Human Paleontology
Anth 447 Advanced Skeletal Biology
Anth 499 Ethics and NAGPRA
BMS 622 & 623 Human Anatomy
ANSC 398 ACES Africa Wildlife Discovery in South Africa

Office Address

Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Phone

(217) 265-6741

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Research Output

Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information

Bourgon, N., Jaouen, K., Bacon, A. M., Jochum, K. P., Dufour, E., Duringer, P., Ponche, J. L., Joannes-Boyau, R., Boesch, Q., Antoine, P. O., Hullot, M., Weis, U., Schulz-Kornas, E., Trost, M., Fiorillo, D., Demeter, F., Patole-Edoumba, E., Shackelford, L. L., Dunn, T. E., Zachwieja, A. & 7 others, Duangthongchit, S., Sayavonkhamdy, T., Sichanthongtip, P., Sihanam, D., Souksavatdy, V., Hublin, J. J. & Tütken, T., Mar 3 2020, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 9, p. 4675-4681 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

    • Relationships between motivational support and game features in a game-based virtual reality learning environment for teaching introductory archaeology

    Shackelford, L., Huang, W. D., Craig, A., Merrill, C. & Chen, D., Jul 3 2019, In : Educational Media International. 56, 3, p. 183-200 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Additional evidence for early modern human morphological diversity in Southeast Asia at Tam Pa Ling, Laos

    Shackelford, L., Demeter, F., Westaway, K., Duringer, P., Ponche, J. L., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Zhao, J. X., Barnes, L., Boyon, M., Sichanthongtip, P., Sénégas, F., Patole-Edoumba, E., Coppens, Y., Dumoncel, J. & Bacon, A. M., Feb 1 2018, In : Quaternary International. 466, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • A Formative Evaluation on a Virtual Reality Game-Based Learning System for Teaching Introductory Archaeology

    Shackelford, L., Huang, W. D., Craig, A., Merrill, C., Chen, D. & Arjona, J., Oct 15 2018, Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018. Las Vegas: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), p. 605-611 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    • Environmental conditions framing the first evidence of modern humans at Tam Pà Ling, Laos: A stable isotope record from terrestrial gastropod carbonates

    Milano, S., Demeter, F., Hublin, J. J., Duringer, P., Patole-Edoumba, E., Ponche, J. L., Shackelford, L., Boesch, Q., Houng, N. T. M., Lan, L. T. P., Duangthongchit, S., Sayavonkhamdy, T., Sichanthongtip, P., Sihanam, D., Souksavatdy, V., Westaway, K. & Bacon, A. M., Dec 15 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 511, p. 352-363 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article