Research Output per year
Personal profile
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
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Southeastern Asia
Medicine & Life Sciences
Laos
Medicine & Life Sciences
Pleistocene
Earth & Environmental Sciences
South East Asia
Agriculture & Biology
Thigh
Medicine & Life Sciences
human evolution
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Fossils
Medicine & Life Sciences
fossil
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Research Output 2002 2019
Relationships between motivational support and game features in a game-based virtual reality learning environment for teaching introductory archaeology
Shackelford, L., David Huang, W., 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
virtual reality
Virtual reality
archaeology
Teaching
learning environment
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
luminescence
fossil
feldspar
quartz
migration route
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
virtual reality
archaeology
Teaching
evaluation
learning
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
Laos
Last Glacial Maximum
gastropod
Indochina
carbonates
Nam Lot (MIS 5) and Duoi U'Oi (MIS 4) Southeast Asian sites revisited: Zooarchaeological and isotopic evidences
Bacon, A. M., Bourgon, N., Dufour, E., Zanolli, C., Duringer, P., Ponche, J. L., Antoine, P. O., Shackelford, L., Huong, N. T. M., Sayavonkhamdy, T., Patole-Edoumba, E. & Demeter, F., Dec 26 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 512, p. 132-144 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
rainforest
rain forests
woodlands
Panthera
mammals