Laura Lynn Shackelford Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Contact
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Office:
109 Davenport Hall
607 S. Mathews Ave
607 S Mathews
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801 - Phone: 217-903-4872
- Email: llshacke@illinois.edu
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
Research Interests
Postcranial anatomy, biomechanics; Southeast Asia; North Africa; Early modern human morphological variation
Courses
BMS 622&623 Human Anatomy; Anth 102 Human Origins & Culture; Anth 456 Human Osteology; Anth 499 Biology of the Neandertals
Publications
Books
- Shackelford, Laura L. Regional Variation in the Postcranial Robusticity of Late Upper Paleolithic Humans. St. Louis: Washington University, 2005.
Book Contributions
- Trinkaus, Erik, Fred Smith, Trent C. Stockton, and Laura L. Shackelford. "The human postcranial remains from Mladec." The Human Remains from Mladec. Ed. M Teschler-Nicola. Vienna: Springer Verlag, 2005.
Journal Articles
- Shackelford, Laura L. "Postcranial evidence for regional variation in the Late Pleistocene." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133.1 (2007): 655-668.
- Churchill, S E., L L. Shackelford, J N. Georgi, and M T. Black. "Morphological variation and airflow dynamics in the human nose." American Journal of Human Biology 16.6 (2004): 625-638.
- Shackelford, Laura L., and Erik Trinkaus. "Late Pleistocene human femoral diaphyseal curvature." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 118.4 (2002): 359-370.
Works in Progress
- Field work at Tam Hang, Laos.
Grants
2007 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation. "Paleoanthropology in Mainland SE Asia: Excavation at Tam Hang, Laos."; 2007 UIUC Research Board. "Paleoanthropology in Mainland SE Asia: Excavation at Tam Hang, Laos."; 2003-04. NSF BCS-0314002: Doctoral Dissertation Grant. "Regional variation in Late Upper Paleolithic human postcrania."; 2003. Lambda Alpha Research Grant. "Regional variation in Late Upper Paleolithic human postcrania."; 2003 American Museum of Natural History Collection Study Grant. "Robusticity analysis of Point Hope Inuit postcranial skeletal material."; 2002. Sigma Xi. "Late Pleistocene postcranial fossils from Tam Hang, Laos."