Contact Information
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
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
Courses Taught
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
External Links
Recent Publications
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., ... Tütken, T. (2020). Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(9), 4675-4681. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911744117
Shackelford, L., David Huang, W., Craig, A., Merrill, C., & Chen, D. (2019). Relationships between motivational support and game features in a game-based virtual reality learning environment for teaching introductory archaeology. Educational Media International, 56(3), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2019.1669946
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. (2018). Nam Lot (MIS 5) and Duoi U'Oi (MIS 4) Southeast Asian sites revisited: Zooarchaeological and isotopic evidences. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 512, 132-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.034
McColl, H., Racimo, F., Vinner, L., Demeter, F., Gakuhari, T., Víctor Moreno-Mayar, J., Van Driem, G., Wilken, U. G., Seguin-Orlando, A., De la Fuente Castro, C., Wasef, S., Shoocongdej, R., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Saidin, M. M., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Malaspinas, A. S., Aghakhanian, F. A., ... Willerslev, E. (2018). The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia. Science, 361(6397), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat3628
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. (2018). Environmental conditions framing the first evidence of modern humans at Tam Pà Ling, Laos: A stable isotope record from terrestrial gastropod carbonates. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 511, 352-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.08.020