Schroeder Lab
ABout
Dr. Lauren Schroeder joined the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2017. She holds a PhD in Palaeoanthropology from the University of Cape Town (2015). Her dissertation focused on the application of evolutionary quantitative genetics approaches to reconstruct the evolutionary processes underlying the variation in cranial and mandibular hominin fossil remains, specifically in the genus Homo. Prior to her appointment at the University of Toronto, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo in the Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab. Information about current projects can be found here.
Teaching
Undergraduate
ANT203 | Biological Anthropology: Primatology and Palaeoanthropology
ANT333 | Human Origins: The Genus Homo
ANT404 | Current Topics in Palaeoanthropology
ANT407 | Quantitative Methods in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
Graduate
ANT1096 | Quantitative Methods I
ANT3049 | Advanced Seminar in Evolutionary Morphology
Teaching schedule for 2023-24
On research leave
Refer to the UTM Academic Timetable for course descriptions and prerequisites
AFFiliations and service
HERI – Human Evolution Research Institute, University of Cape Town
ESI – Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Executive Committee Member of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists
Editorial Board Member of Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
Associate Editor for Young Anthropology – University of Toronto Mississauga's Undergraduate journal