Curriculum Vitae
SISSEL SCHROEDER
January 10, 2017
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin
5240 Social Science Building; 1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1393
(608) 262-0317 or 2866; e-mail: [email protected]
lab web site: https://schroeder.labs.wisc.edu/index.html
EDUCATION
1997 Ph.D. Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation Title: Place, Productivity, and Politics: The Evolution of Cultural
Complexity in the Cahokia Area.
1987 M.S. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Thesis Title: Variation in Secondary Disposal of the Dead: A World Wide Survey.
1983 B.A. Anthropology and Biology, Luther College
RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS
North American archaeology, Dynamics of complex societies, Evolution of cultural and anthropogenic landscapes,
Historical ecology, Material culture assemblage analysis, History of archaeology
ACADEMIC and ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD
2000-present University of Wisconsin
Department of Anthropology: Chair (2016-present); Professor (2010-present); Associate Professor (2005-
2010); Assistant Professor (2000-2005); Associate Chair (2006-2007)
College of Letters and Science Honors Program: Director (2012-2015)
American Indian Studies Program: Affiliated Faculty (2000-present)
Center for Culture, History, and the Environment: Affiliated Faculty (2007-present)
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: Affiliated Faculty (2008-present)
Material Culture Studies Program: Core Faculty (2009-present)
1998-2000 University of Kentucky
Department of Anthropology
Assistant Professor; Director of the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology;
Director of the Office of State Archaeology
1997-1998 University of Michigan
Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology
Visiting Assistant Professor; Visiting Assistant Curator
1988-1994 The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Anthropology
Instructor (5 semesters)
HONORS and AWARDS
2016 Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellowship, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of
Wisconsin (also see Research Support)
2015 Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin
2014 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin
2003-2005 Vilas Associate, University of Wisconsin (also see Research Support)
1997 Matson-Benson Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Matson Museum of Anthropology,
The Pennsylvania State University 1995 Winner of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference Student Paper Competition and Book Prize
RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS (* = peer reviewed publications)
Articles in Journals
2015 Munoz, S. E., K. E. Gruley, A. Massie, J. W. Williams, S. Schroeder, and D.A. Fike. Reply to Baires
et al.: Shifts in Mississippi River Flood Regime Remain a Contributing Factor to Cahokia’s Emergence and Decline. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(29):E3754.
* 2015 Munoz, S. E., K. E. Gruley, A. Massie, D.A. Fike, S. Schroeder, and J. W. Williams. Cahokia’s
Emergence and Decline Coincided with Shifts of Flood Frequency on the Mississippi River.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(20):6319-6324.
* 2014 Munoz, S. E., D. J. Mladenoff, S. Schroeder, and J. W. Williams. Defining the Spatial Patterns of Native
American Land Use in the Eastern Woodlands. Journal of Biogeography 41(12):2195-2210.
* 2014 Munoz, S. E., S. Schroeder, D. A. Fike, and J. W. Williams. A Record of Sustained Prehistoric and Historic
Land Use from the Cahokia Region, Illinois, USA. Geology 42:499-502.
* 2011 Schroeder, S. An Investigation of the Origins of Variation in Perishable Architecture at Jonathan Creek.
Southeastern Archaeology 30(2):311-326.
* 2009 Schroeder, S. Thinking About a Public and Multidisciplinary Archaeology. Reviews in Anthropology
38(2):166-194.
* 2007 Schroeder, S. Evidence for Paleoindians in Wisconsin and at the Skare Site. Plains Anthropologist
51(201):63-91.
* 2005 Brouwer, Marieka and Schroeder, S. Exploring Structural Variability at the Jonathan Creek Site, ca. A.D.
1200-1300, Kentucky, USA. Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of Science 1:40-45.
* 2005 Schroeder, S. Reclaiming New Deal Era Civic Archaeology: Exploring the Legacy of William S. Webb and
the Jonathan Creek Site. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 2:53-71.
* 2004 Schroeder, S. Power and Place: Agency, Ecology, and History in the American Bottom, Illinois. Antiquity
78: 812-827.
* 2004 Schroeder, S. Current Research on Late Pre-Contact Societies of the Midcontinental United States.
Journal of Archaeological Research 12(4):311-372.
* 2001 Schroeder, S. Secondary Disposal of the Dead: Cross-Cultural Codes. World Cultures 12: 77-93.
* 2001 Schroeder, S. Understanding Variation in Prehistoric Agricultural Productivity: The Importance of
Distinguishing among Potential, Available, and Consumptive Yields. American Antiquity 66:517-525. * 1999 Schroeder, S. Maize Productivity in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains of North America.
American Antiquity 64:499-516.
* 1998 Beckerman, S., R. Lizarralde, C. Ballew, S. Schroeder, C. Fingleton, A. Garrison and H. Smith. The Barí
Partible Paternity Project: Preliminary Results. Current Anthropology 39:164-167.
* 1992 Milner, G.R. and S. Schroeder. The Guy Smith Site and Stone Box Graves: New Perspectives from Old
Collections. Illinois Archaeology 4:49-73.
Articles in Edited Volumes
* 2016 Schroeder, S., and Lynne Goldstein. Timelessness and the Legacy of Archaeological Cartography. In
Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective, edited by Alan P. Sullivan, III, and
Deborah I. Olszewski, pp. 153-174. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
* 2013 Schroeder, S. How Can We Know? The Epistemological Foundation of Ecological Modeling in Archaeology.
In Living on the Land, edited by John Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes, pp. 205-223. University Press of
Colorado, Boulder.
* 2013 Schroeder, S. Culture, Time, and Practice: The Shifting Interpretive Potential of New Deal Era Collections. In
Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt’s New Deal for America, edited by Bernard K. Means, pp. 165-
184. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
2009 Schroeder, S. The Jonathan Creek Village Site, Marshall County, Western Kentucky: A Walled Mississippian
Village. In Archaeology in America, vol. 2, ed. by F. P. McManamon, L. S. Cordell, K. Lightfoot, and G. R.
Milner, pp. 164-167. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT.
* 2009 Schroeder, S. Viewing Jonathan Creek Through Ceramics and Radiocarbon Dates: Regional Prominence in
the Thirteenth Century. In TVA Archaeology: Seventy-five Years of Prehistoric Site Research, edited by Erin
E. Pritchard with Todd M. Ahlman, pp. 145-180. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
* 2008 Schroeder, S. Die Inbesitznahme von Gebieten und die Entstehung der Ungleicheit in frühen amerikanischen
Indianergesellschaften. In: Die Ursprünge der Modernen Welt: Geschichte im Wissenchaftlichen Vergleich, edited by James Robinson and Klaus Wiegandt, pp. 375-430. Frankfurt: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag.
2007 Schroeder, S. Angelly Phase Mound Construction at Jonathan Creek. In: Current Archaeological Research in
Kentucky: Volume Nine, edited by E. Nicole Mills, Richard V. Williamson, and Richard D. Davis, pp. 131-
150. Frankfort: Kentucky Heritage Council.
* 2006 Schroeder, S. Walls as Symbols of Political, Economic, and Military Might. In: Leadership and Polity in
Mississippian Society, edited by Brian M. Butler and Paul D. Welch, pp. 115-141. Center for Archaeological
Investigations Occasional Paper No. 33, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
* 2002 Beckerman, S., R. Lizarralde, M. Lizarralde, J. Bai, C. Ballew, S. Schroeder, D. Dajani, L. Walkup, M.
Hsiung, N. Rawlins, and M. Palermo. The Barí Partible Paternity Project, Phase One. In: Cultures of
Multiple Fathers: The Theory and Practice of Partible Paternity in Lowland South America, ed. by S.
Beckerman and P. Valentine, pp. 27-41. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
* 2000 Schroeder, S. Settlement Patterns and Cultural Ecology in the Southern American Bottom. In:
Mounds, Modoc, and Mesoamerica: Papers in Honor of Melvin L. Fowler, ed. by S. R. Ahler, pp. 179-191. Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers, Vol. 28. Springfield: Illinois State Museum.
* 1999 Milner, G. R. and S. Schroeder. Mississippian Sociopolitical Systems. In: Great Towns and Regional
Polities in the Prehistoric American Southwest and Southeast, ed. by J. E. Neitzel, pp. 95-107.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Museum Exhibit Catalogue
1984 Schroeder, S. Masterpieces of the Past: Prehistoric Art in Illinois. Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.
Technical Reports
2008 Schroeder, S., and Z. Stencil. Aleutian-NAGPRA Collections Inventory and Upgrade of Archaeological
Materials Curated by the University of Wisconsin on Behalf of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska. (53 pages). Final technical report submitted to the Alaska office, U. S. Bureau of Land Management,
Anchorage, R-0609617/UW136-A480700.
2006 Schroeder, S., and M. J. Dudzik. An Inventory and Condition Assessment of Wisconsin Archaeological
Materials Curated by the University of Wisconsin on Behalf of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3.
(218 pages). Final technical report submitted to the Region 3 office, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contract
No. POA 301816M128/UW144-PG30.
2002 Schroeder, S. 2001 Investigations at the Skare Site. Wisconsin Archaeological Laboratory, University of
Wisconsin, Report of Investigations, No. 1 (UW 144-LF62). Final report submitted to the Office of the State
Archaeologist, Wisconsin Historical Society. 2002 Schroeder, S. A Comparative Study of House Utilization Patterns, 23JE400. Appendix E. In The Route W
Archeological Project: Final Report, edited by Dale R. Henning. Archaeological Report No. 98-1187-24,
Quaternary Studies Program, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
1990 Hatch, J. W. and S. Schroeder, editors. The Carroll Site (9 Pm 85): Report of Investigations Conducted
by The Pennsylvania State University in 1989. Final report submitted to the United States Forest Service.
1990 Schroeder, S. Excavation Procedures and Methodology. In Hatch and Schroeder (eds.), pp. 4-14.
1990 Schroeder, S. Postmold Analysis. In Hatch and Schroeder (eds.), pp. 15-17.
1990 Schroeder, S. Feature Analysis. In Hatch and Schroeder (eds.), pp. 24-30.
1990 Schroeder, S. Ceramic Assemblage. In Hatch and Schroeder (eds.), pp. 31-36.
1990 Schroeder, S. Lithic Assemblage. In Hatch and Schroeder (eds.), pp. 37-41.
1986 Bruhy, P., L. Goldstein and S. Schroeder. Historic Sites and Mortuary Data. In: Southeastern Wisconsin
Archaeological Report 1985-86, ed. by Lynne G. Goldstein, pp. 74-86. Report submitted to the Historic
Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
1983 Schroeder, S. A Comparative Study of House Utilization Patterns: 23 Je 400. Report submitted to D. R.
Henning, Principal Investigator, Phase III investigations, Route W Project, Jefferson County, MO; on file,
Missouri Historic Preservation Office, Jefferson City, MO.
Book Reviews and Book Review Essays
2003 Schroeder, S. Evidence versus Authority and the Cahokia Chiefdom-State Debate. The Review of
Archaeology 24(1):62.
2002 Schroeder, S. Mississippian Political Organization: Economy versus Ideology. The Review of
Archaeology 23(2):6-13.
2001 Schroeder, S. Review of An Archaeological Survey of Horseshoe Lake State Park, Madison County,
Illinois, by T. R. Pauketat, M. A. Reed, and S. L. Pauketat, with contributions by E. R. Hajic and
B. Koldehoff. Illinois Archaeology 13:147-149. 2000 Schroeder, S. Review of Grit Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States,
edited by N. M. White, L. P. Sullivan, and R. A. Marrinan. Southeastern Archaeology 19:164-165.
1999 Schroeder, S. Review of Toltec Mounds and Plum Bayou Culture: Mound D. Excavations, by M. A.
Rolingson. Southeastern Archaeology 18:74-75.
1998 Schroeder, S. Review of The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and “Discovery”
in the Southeast, edited by P. Galloway. American Antiquity 63: 522.
1997 Schroeder, S. Review of Archaeology of the Mississippian Culture: A Research Guide, by P. N.
Peregrine. American Antiquity 62: 171-172.
1996 Schroeder, S. Review of An Archaeological Survey of Dogtooth Bend on the Mississippi River in
Alexander County, Illinois, by J. E. Stephens. Illinois Archaeology 8: 189-191.
1993 Schroeder, S. Review of Lords of the Southeast: Social Inequality and the Native Elites of Southeastern
North America, edited by A. W. Barker and T. R. Pauketat. American Anthropologist 95: 203-204.
1992 Schroeder, S. Review of The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale 2. Biocultural Interpretations of a Population in Transition, edited by C. S. Larsen. American Antiquity 57: 734.
RESEARCH and OTHER SUPPORT
Research Support
2016-2017 National Science Foundation BSC-1632273, “The Role of Residence Location in the Establishment
of Community Identity.”
2016-2019 Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, “Uncovering Ancient Life at Aztalan: New Explorations at
One of Wisconsin’s Most Important Prehistoric Native American Communities.” (Kelly Tyrrell, co-
PI).
2016 Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellowship, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (see also Honors and Awards).
2015-2016 National Science Foundation BSC-1523419, “Investigating Voluntary Non-complexity in Late
Intermediate Period Peru.” (Darryl Wilkinson, co-PI).
2015-2016 Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies Research Committee, “Social Identity and the
Making and Destabilization of a Multi-Ethnic Community in the Thirteenth Century at the Jonathan
Creek Site, Kentucky.”
2015 Anonymous Fund, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Ancient Architecture at the Aztalan Site, WI.”
2013-2014 National Science Foundation BSC-1321751: “Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Technological
Innovation in the Upper Great Lakes.” (Heather Walder, co-PI).
2006-2007 Vilas Life Cycle Professorship, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2005-2006 Graduate School Fall Research Competition Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Hinterlands, Heartlands, and No Man’s Lands: The Shifting Native American Occupation of Southern Wisconsin.”
2003-2005 Vilas Associates Award (also listed under Honors and Awards).
2002-2003 Kentucky Heritage Council Federal Survey and Planning Grant, “Jonathan Creek Community Organization
and Occupation History.”
2002-2003 State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archaeology Survey and Planning Grant,
“Wisconsin’s First Peoples: Paleoindian Site Distribution.”
2002-2003 Graduate School Fall Research Competition Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Paleoindians and the
Settlement of Wisconsin.”
2001-2002 Graduate School Fall Research Competition Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
“Mississippian Community Organization at the Jonathan Creek Site in Western Kentucky.”
2001 State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archaeology Grant, “The Skare Site.”
2000 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, “GIS Database for Historic Structures.” (Tom Dillehay, senior co-PI).
1992-93 Hill Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University Department of Anthropology, “Ancient Chiefdoms of the
Cahokia Area: A GIS Approach to Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Ecology.”
1992-93 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, “Landscapes and Populations: Late Prehistoric
Occupation of the Cahokia Area.”
1992 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Grant-in-Aid of Research for “Ancient Chiefdoms and Their
Ecological Settings.”
Teaching and Outreach Support
2015 UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Block Grant, “The Honors Challenge.” 2014-2015 Brittingham Fund, Inc., “Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2015.”
2014-2015 Kemper Knapp Bequest, “L&S Honors Program Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2015.”
2014 UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Block Grant, “The Honors Challenge.”
2013-2014 Kemper Knapp Bequest, “L&S Honors Program Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2014.”
2013-2014 Brittingham Fund, Inc., “Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2014.”
2013-2014 UW Regents Scholars Fund, “College of Letters and Science Honors Program’s Community Development
and Programming.”
2013 UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Block Grant, “The Honors Challenge.”
2012-2013 Kemper Knapp Bequest, “L&S Honors Program Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2013.”
2012-2013 Brittingham Fund, Inc., “Sophomore Summer Research Apprenticeships-2013.”
2012 UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Block Grant, “The Honors Challenge.”
2011-2012 “Assessment of Essential Learning Outcomes of General Education Requirements at UW-Madison.” (James
Wollack, PI; Sissel Schroeder, Co-Investigator).
2007 Instructional Lab Modernization Program, “Archaeological Teaching and Curation Laboratories.”
2006-2007 Engage Phase II Award (Valix Valley Virtual Archaeology Project, co-awardee with Jason Yaeger) 2006-2007 Simulation Updates and Development Award, Distributed Learning and For-Credit Outreach
Program (Valix Valley Virtual Archaeology Project, co-awardee with Jason Yaeger),
2004 University Lectures Committee Support to bring Dr. David Meltzer to Madison to enhance Anthropology
102: Archaeology and the Prehistoric World and Anthropology 942: Peopling of the Americas.
2003-2004 Anonymous Fund, University of Wisconsin-Madison,“ Archaeology Field and Lab Courses: Wisconsin’s
First Peoples.”
2002 Brittingham Visiting Scholars Grant to bring Dr. Bruce Smith and Dr. Clark Erickson to Madison to enhance
Anthropology 490: Museum Studies in Anthropology.
1999 Kentucky Humanities Council, “The Webb Museum Web Site.”
Curation Support
2012-2014 National Park Service, Department of the Interior, NAGPRA Repatriation Grant, #55-12-GP-580: “2012
NAGPRA Grant, Department of Anthropology.” (Danielle Benden, co-PI).
2010-2013 National Park Service, Department of the Interior, NAGPRA Documentation/Consultation Grant, “NAGPRA
Wisconsin Sites Inventory Consultations.” (Danielle Benden, co-PI).
2009-2010 National Park Service, Department of the Interior, NAGPRA Documentation/Consultation Grant, #55-09-
GP-515: “Wisconsin Sites Inventory Amendment.” (Danielle Benden, co-PI).
2008-2009 National Endowment for the Humanities, “A Preservation Needs Assessment for the Collections of the
Department of Anthropology.” (Danielle Benden, co-PI).
2007-2008 United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, “Aleutian Collections Inventory and Upgrade at UW-Madison.”
2007 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2006-2007 United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, “Aleutian-NAGPRA Collections Inventory
and Upgrade at UW-Madison.”
2006 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region 3, Department of the Interior,
“Inventory and Assessment of USFWS Archaeological Materials at UW-Madison.”
2006 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2005 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2004 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2003 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2002 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
2001 Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Block Grant for Curation.
1998-2000 National Park Service, Department of the Interior, “NAGPRA Inventory Consultations.” (Grant
originally awarded to M. L. Powell in 1997; I took over as principal investigator in August 1998).
WORK IN PROGRESS
Research in Progress
My most current research has four interrelated spheres of study: ecological and agency-based considerations of emerging
sociopolitical complexity among ancient societies in the midcontinental and southeastern United States; historical ecological
efforts at modeling ancient resource productivity and reconstructing ancient anthropogenic landscapes; microhistorical
investigation of households, ancient architecture, planned communities, and built landscapes as expressions of social order in
which both cosmological canons of design and vernacular traditions of engineering and construction style contribute to
architectural variation; and the history of archaeology as practiced in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century –
a time when newly discovered archaeological evidence was used to establish cultural historical meta-narratives that are still in
use today in many regions. These questions are being pursued in the context of my fieldwork and collections-based analyses in
western Kentucky (the Jonathan Creek site, associated with the Mississippian Tradition), Cahokia and the American Bottom in
Illinois (region with intensive Mississippian occupation), and southern Wisconsin (the Skare site, a multicomponent site;
Aztalan, associated with the Late Woodland and Mississippian Traditions).
FIELD RESEARCH
2015-2017 Ancient Architecture at the Aztalan Site, Wisconsin (Late Woodland-Mississippian; S. Schroeder, Dir.)
2013 Aztalan Project, Wisconsin (Late Woodland-Mississippian; L. Goldstein, D. Gaff, and S. Schroeder, Dirs.) 2012 American Bottom Ancient Native American Landscapes (S. Munoz, J. Williams, and S. Schroeder)
2000-present Jonathan Creek Project, Kentucky (Mississippian; S. Schroeder, Dir.)
2001-2007 Skare Site Project, Dane County, Wisconsin (Paleoindian-Early Historic; S. Schroeder, Dir.)
1996 Assistant Site Director, Aztalan Site Field School Excavation Project (UW-Milwaukee), Jefferson
County, Wisconsin (Mississippian; L. Goldstein, Dir.; 2 weeks)
1992-93 Cahokia Area Survey Project, Southern American Bottom, Illinois (Monroe and Randolph Counties)
(Late Woodland-Mississippian; Sissel Schroeder, Dir.; dissertation field research; 9 months)
1989 Field Supervisor, Carroll Site Field School Excavation Project (Penn State), Georgia (Late
Mississippian; J. Hatch, Dir.; 8 weeks)
1988 Field Crew Member, OT and Tremaine Sites Excavation Project, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin
(Oneota; J. Penman, Dir.; 10 weeks)
1986 Field Supervisory Intern, Bullseye Site Field School Excavation (U. Chicago), Fulton County, Illinois
(Archaic; J. Buikstra, Dir., 8 weeks)
1985 Field and Research Assistant, Southeastern Wisconsin Archaeological Survey Project (multiple components;
L. Goldstein, Dir.; 12 weeks)
1982 Field School Crew Member, Aulwes Site Field School Excavation Project (Luther College), Iowa
(multiple components; C. Mallam, Dir.; 4 weeks)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS and POSTERS
2016 Schroeder, S., Jake Pfaffenroth, Marissa Lee, and Sarah Taylor. Threads in 3D: Structure from Motion (SfM)
Models of Mississippian Fabric. Paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference annual
meeting, Athens, GA.
Schroeder, S., Jake Pfaffenroth, Marissa Lee, and Sarah Taylor. Photogrammetry and 3D Models of Fabric from
Impressions in Pottery. Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Iowa City,
IA.
Pfaffenroth, Jake, Sissel Schroeder, Marissa Lee, Kelly Martin, and Kelly Tyrell. Uncovering Ancient Life at Aztalan: Domestic Structures, Palisade Walls, and Reconfigured Spaces. Paper presented at the Midwest
Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Iowa City, IA.
Schroeder, S., and Samuel E. Munoz. Farmland, Forest, and Floods in the Cahokia Area, Illinois. Invited
symposium (First Farmers, First Farms: Landscape Ecology of the Early Neolithic, Andrew Gillreath-Brown
and R. Kyle Bocinsky, organizer) paper presented at the Society for Ethnobiology annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.
Schroeder, S. Building Place and People in the 13th Century AD: Architecture, Cosmology, and Multi-Ethnic
Community Formation at Jonathan Creek, Kentucky. Invited presentation, Institute for Research in the
Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
2015 Pfaffenroth, Jake, and Schroeder, S. One of Increase Lapham’s “Wonders of the Ancient World”. Invited
symposium (Traces of the Ancient City of Aztalan: A Millennial Perspective, Sissel Schroeder and Jake
Pfaffenroth, organizers) paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting,
Milwaukee, WI.
Schroeder, S., Gabrielle Peterson, and Alfred E. Hartemink. Geochemical Characterization of Soils at Aztalan.
Invited symposium (Traces of the Ancient City of Aztalan: A Millennial Perspective, Sissel Schroeder and Jake
Pfaffenroth, organizers) paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting,
Milwaukee, WI.
Gaff, Don, S. Schroeder, and Jon Carroll. Where Were We? A Survey of Surveys and a Guide to Grids at
Aztalan, Wisconsin. Invited symposium (Traces of the Ancient City of Aztalan: A Millennial Perspective,
Sissel Schroeder and Jake Pfaffenroth, organizers) paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference
annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Munoz, Samuel E., Kristine E. Gruley, Ashtin Massie, David A. Fike, Sissel Schroeder, and John W. Williams. The
Environmental Context of Cahokia’s Emergence and Decline: New Paleoecological Records from the Central
Mississippi River Valley. Paper presented at the North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Madison, WI.
2014 Munoz, Samuel E., Kristine E. Gruley, Ashtin Massie, Sissel Schroeder, and John W. Williams. Forests, Fields, and
Floods: An Environmental (Pre)history of the Cahokia Region. Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological
Conference annual meeting, Champaign-Urbana.
Hoekstra, Gideon, and S. Schroeder. Searching for Native American Sites in Wisconsin Townships. Poster presented at
Undergraduate Research Symposium, UW-Madison, WI.
Munoz, S. E., S. Schroeder, D. A. Fike, and J. W. Williams. A Paleoenvironmental Record of Prehistoric and Historic
Land Use in the Cahokia Region. Paper presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Austin, TX.
2013 Schroeder, S. A Consideration of Mississippian Site Structure. Invited symposium (Aztalan Structure Revisited:
Excavations at the Southern Portion of the Site, Lynne Goldstein, organizer) paper presented at the Midwest
Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Columbus, OH.
Wollack, J. A., S. Schroeder, E. M. Klein, K. Lindstrom, and S. Chakraborty. Assessing Essential Learning in Ethnic
Studies Courses. Invited presentation to Ethnic Studies Faculty, UW-Madison.
2012 Schroeder, S. Structural “De”position. Invited symposium (Theorizing Ritual Deposition: Burying Persons, Places, and
Things, Corin Pursell and Bretton Giles, organizers) paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.
Munoz, S. E., J. W. Williams, S. Schroeder, and D. A. Fike. Cahokia’s Fields and Forests: Ecological Change and the
Rise and Fall of a Prehistoric City in the Central Mississippi River Valley. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of
The American Quaternary Association, Duluth, MN.
Schroeder, S. From the Domestic to the Ceremonial: Reinterpreting New Deal Collections. Paper presented in The
Biennial Gordon Willey Symposium on New Deal Archaeology in the Tennessee Valley (Anna Lunn and David H. Dye,
organizers), Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Memphis, TN.
2011 Schroeder, S. “Thy Dark House of Clay:” The Cultural and Cosmological Significance of Ridgeline Posts. Paper
presented at Southeastern Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Jacksonville, FL.
2010 Schroeder, S. From Chronology to Community: Clay’s Contributions to Mississippian Studies. Invited symposium (Pots,
Political Complexity, and Remote Sensing: Papers in Honor of R. Berle Clay's Contributions to Southeastern
Archaeology, Rich Herndon and Andrew Bradbury, organizers) paper presented at the Southeastern Archaeological
Conference annual meeting, Lexington, KY.
Schroeder, S. Jonathan Creek and the Interpretive Potential of New Deal Era Collections. Paper presented in
The Biennial Gordon Willey Symposium on the History of Archaeology: Shovel Ready: Archaeology and
Roosevelt’s New Deal for America (Bernard K. Means, organizer), Society for American Archaeology annual
meeting, St. Louis, MO.
2009 Schroeder, S. Mississippian Sacred Structures and Spiritual Spaces at Jonathan Creek, KY. Paper presented at the
Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Iowa City, IA.
Schroeder, S. The Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Identifying the Origins of Variation in Mississippian Perishable
Architecture at Jonathan Creek. Paper presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
2008 Schroeder, S. From Holes to Houses: Building Inferences about Ancient Architecture. Paper presented at Southeastern
Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Charlotte, NC.
Schroeder, S. Analysis of Multiple Attributes for Understanding Variation in Perishable Architecture at Jonathan Creek,
Kentucky. Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
2007 Schroeder, S. Building from the Ground Up: Problems of Architectural Inference at Jonathan Creek, Kentucky. Paper
presented at Southeastern Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Knoxville, TN.
Schroeder, S. The Appropriation of Territory and the Rise of Inequalities Among Ancient Native American Societies.
Invited Paper Presented at Forum für Verantwortung, 06 Kolloquium, Die Ursprünge der Modernen Welt, Europäische
Akademie Otzenhausen/Nonnweiler – Saarland.
2006 Ritchie, Kenneth C., and S. Schroeder. Paleoindian Subsistence Behavior: Hunting for Answers with a GIS. Invited
symposium (Current Research of the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Midcontinent, Daniel Winkler and Dillon Carr,
organizers) paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Urbana, IL.
2005 Bethke, Lynne and S. Schroeder. A Lithic Comparison of Two Adjacent Archaeological Sites. Poster Presented at
Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2005, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Brouwer, Marieka and S. Schroeder. Summer Homes, Winter Homes, or Priestly Abodes? Exploring Structural
Variability at Jonathan Creek. Poster Presented at Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2005, University of Wisconsin-
Madison.
2004 Bethke, Lynne and S. Schroeder. A Comparison of Methods of Lithic Debitage Analysis. Invited Poster Presented at
Posters in the Rotunda 2004: A Celebration of Undergraduate Student Research, State Capitol Rotunda, Madison.
Bethke, Lynne and S. Schroeder. A Comparison of Methods of Lithic Debitage Analysis. Poster Presented at
Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2004, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kleinsasser, Lynnette and S. Schroeder. Skare: An Archaeological Application of Two Remote Sensing Surveys. Poster
Presented at Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2004, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Schroeder, S. Turmoil in the 13th Century: A Reconsideration of the Occupation History of Jonathan Creek. Paper
presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Schroeder, S. A Short History of a Small Mound at Jonathan Creek. Paper presented at the Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeology Conference, Cumberland Falls State Park, KY.
2003 Schroeder, S. Burning Down the House: The Significance of Dating a Conflagration at Jonathan Creek. Invited
symposium (70 Years of TVA Archaeology, Erin Pritchard and Amy Hill, organizers) paper presented at Southeastern
Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Charlotte, NC.
Schroeder, S., K. Ritchie, E. Swanson, and L. Kleinsasser. Structure Abandonment and Conflagrations at the Skare Site.
Paper presented at Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Schroeder, S. Skare Lithics. Presentation on Skare Diagnostic Lithics in Lithic/Archaic Roundtable: What's In a Name?
(Rochelle, Lurie and Steven Kuehn, organizers), Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Schroeder, S. Inferences and Evidence: A Reconsideration of the Occupation History of Jonathan Creek. Invited
symposium (Emblem’s of American Archaeology’s Past: Eminent Mound Sites of the Eastern Woodlands Revisited, S.
Schroeder, organizer) paper presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Schroeder, S. Leadership in a Contested Land. Invited paper presented at the 20th Annual Visiting Scholar Conference
(Borne on a Litter with Much Prestige: Leadership and Polity in Mississippian Society, Brian Butler and Paul Welch,
organizers), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
2002 Schroeder, S. Mississippian Mounds, Palisades, and Politics at Jonathan Creek. Invited symposium (Between
Moundville and Cahokia: Mississippian Archaeology in the Midsouth, Scott Jones, organizer) paper presented at
Southeastern Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Biloxi, MS.
Schroeder, S. Mapping the Jonathan Creek Site: Mounds, Palisades, and Community Plans. Paper presented at the
Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Denver, CO.
2001 Schroeder, S., E. Swanson, and K. Ritchie. Skare: A Multi-Component Site on the Shores of the Yahara. Paper presented
at Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI.
1999 Schroeder, S. Economy and the Emergence of Cultural Complexity in a Prehistoric Native American Society in the
Central Mississippi River Valley, North America. Paper presented at First Annual University of Kentucky GIS Day, Lexington, KY.
Schroeder, S. “The Goodly Crop of Indian Corn.” Paper presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting,
Chicago, IL.
1998 Schroeder, S. Fertile Land and Productive Wetlands: The Economic Basis of Cultural Complexity in the American
Bottom. Paper presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Seattle, WA, 1998.
1997 Schroeder, S. Landscapes and Populations: Ancient Chiefdoms in the Mississippi Valley. Paper presented at American
Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington, DC.
Schroeder, S. Late Prehistoric Landscapes and Settlements in the Central Mississippi Valley. Paper presented at joint
meeting of the Ontario Archaeological Society and the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Toronto, ONT.
Schroeder, S. Settlement Patterns and the Rise of Chiefdoms in the Mississippi Valley. Paper presented at Society for
American Archaeology annual meeting, Nashville, TN.
1995 Schroeder, S. Ancient Landscapes and Sociopolitical Change in the Southern American Bottom, Illinois. Paper presented
at Southeastern Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Knoxville, TN.
Schroeder, S. American Bottom Late Prehistoric Settlement Patterns: An Evaluation of Old and New Data. Paper
presented at Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Beloit, WI.
Schroeder, S. Ancient Landscapes: Late Prehistoric Settlement of the American Bottom. Paper presented at Society for
American Archaeology annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
1994 Schroeder, S. Modeling Late Prehistoric Settings Near the Maeys Site in the American Bottom. Paper presented at joint
meeting of the Southeast and Midwest Archaeological Conferences, Lexington, KY.
Schroeder, S. Chiefdom in the Swamp: Late Prehistory in the Mississippi River Valley. Poster presented at the Annual
Graduate Research Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University.
1993 Schroeder, S. Water, Water, Everywhere: Prehistoric Occupation in the Southern American Bottom. Paper presented at
Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Milner, G. R. and S. Schroeder, The Bois Brule Bottom: Plugging Gaps in Survey Coverages. Paper presented at
Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
1992 Schroeder, S. and G. R. Milner. Modeling Mississippian Sociopolitical Landscapes: Scale, Organization, and Stability.
Invited symposium paper (J. Neitzel, organizer) presented at Society for American Archaeology annual meeting,
Pittsburgh, PA.
1991 Milner, G. R., S. Schroeder, and S. Taxman. Stone Box Graves in Southern Illinois and Adjacent Missouri: New
Perspectives from Old Collections. Paper presented at Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, LaCrosse,
WI.
1990 Milner, G. R. and S. Schroeder. Cahokia Area Survey Project: Research Objectives and Collections. Paper presented at
Midwest Archaeological Conference annual meeting, Evanston, IL.
INVITED LECTURES and PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2017 Schroeder, S. Uncovering Ancient Aztalan: The 2015 and 2016 Field Seasons. Invited lecture, Friends of
Aztalan Annual Business Meeting, Johnson Creek, WI.
The Hegemony of Archaeological Cartography. Invited presentation, Winter Enrichment for Naturalist Lecture
series, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.
2016 From the Quotidian to the Cosmological: The Historical Development of Inferential Frameworks Regarding
Ancient Architecture. Invited lecture at Pick Museum of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.
Schroeder, S., J. Pfaffenroth, M. Lee, K. Martin, and K. Tyrrell. Uncovering Ancient Aztalan: 2015-2016 Fieldwork.
Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Field Report from Aztalan: Uncovering Ancient Life. Invited presentation, Saturday Morning Scholars, Hoard
Museum, Fort Atkinson, WI.
2014 The 2013 Field Season at Aztalan and the “Loss of Innocence.” Invited lecture, Charles E. Brown Archaeological
Society Lecture Series, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison.
Wisconsin’s First People. Invited Lecture, SoundWaves: What Makes Wisconsin Wisconsin (organized by Dan
Grabois), Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The First People of Wisconsin. Invited lecture, Wisconsin Alumni Association UW Showcase Lecture series, Capital
Lakes Retirement Community, Madison, WI.
Time Perspectivism and an Unorthodox View of Aztalan. Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department
of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2013 Wisconsin’s First Peoples. Invited lecture, Friends of the Arboretum "Connecting People and Nature” lecture series,
University Arboretum, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
FIG Preserves: Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Research in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Invited lecture in the
“Reflections on the Past; Directions for the Future” lecture series, University Arboretum, University of Wisconsin-
Madison.
2012 Temples of Earth and Clay. Invited lecture, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University.
2011 Schroeder, S. Materiality of the Mississippian “Great House.” Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series,
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Schroeder, S. Indi-Annie Jones and the Ivory Tower: The Story of How I Became an Archaeologist. Invited
lecture, Wednesdays at Washburn, Letters and Sciences Honors Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2010 Schroeder, S. Sacred Structures, Spiritual Spaces and Social Status: Mississippian Architecture at the Jonathan Creek
Site in Kentucky. Invited lecture, Spring Lecture Series, UW-Baraboo-Sauk County.
2009 Schroeder, S. Technological Variation in Mississippian Architecture at Jonathan Creek. Invited lecture, Archaeology
Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2008 Skare and Paleoindians Across Wisconsin. Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department of
Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2007 Warfare and Walls at Jonathan Creek, A Mississippian Town in Western Kentucky. Invited lecture, Charles E.
Brown Archaeological Society Lecture Series, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison.
Schroeder, S., and B. Cap. Soils in Archaeology. Invited presentation, Soils of the World Seminar, Department
of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
2006 Schroeder, S., and J. Yaeger. Valix Valley Virtual Dig. Invited lecture, Play@Pyle: Engaging to Learn:
Simulations and Games, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Walled Towns. Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Schroeder, S. “A Large Town, All Enclosed.” Paper Presented at School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Colloquium, 2006, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2005 Wisconsin’s First People: Paleoindian Sites and Fluted Points. Invited lecture, Quaternary Studies Seminar,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
2004 Wisconsin’s First People: Recent Research at the Skare Site. Invited lecture, Gem and Mineral Club of Madison.
2003 Investigations at the Skare Site. Annual Banquet lecture, Charles E. Brown Archaeological Society, Madison.
2003 Maps, Mounds, Palisades, and Community Plans at Jonathan Creek. Invited lecture, Spatial Information and Analysis
Consortium, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Power and Place, Agency and Ecology: The Rise of Mississippian in the American Bottom, Illinois. Invited lecture,
Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Constructing Inferences about the Occupation History of the Jonathan Creek Site in Western Kentucky. Invited lecture,
Archaeology Brown Bag Series, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Archaeology of Mississippian Landscapes in the American Bottom, Illinois. Invited lecture, Department of
Anthropology, Beloit College.
Power, Place, and Person: the Archaeology of Mississippian Landscapes in the American Bottom, Illinois. Invited
lecture, Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop, Department of Anthropology and Oriental Institute, University of
Chicago.
2002 From Folsom to Farming on the Banks of the Yahara River. Invited lecture, Archaeology Field School, Illinois State University.
Archaeology at the Old Dyreson Farm. Presentation to Dane County Parks Commission, Madison.
The Skare Site and Paleoindian Occupations in Wisconsin. Invited lecture, Wisconsin Archaeological Society,
Milwaukee.
Excavations at the Skare Site: From Folsom to Farming on the Banks of the Yahara. Invited lecture, Charles E. Brown
Archaeological Society/State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.
Ancient Maize Horticulture and Productivity in Eastern North America. Invited lecture, Origins of Agriculture Seminar,
Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati.
2001 NAGPRA, Archaeology, and Museums. Invited lecture, Cultural Resources Management Class, Archaeology Program,
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
Estimating Ancient Maize Productivity in Eastern North America. Invited lecture, Archaeology Brown Bag Series,
Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Recent Excavations at the Skare Site. Invited lecture, Archaeology Field School, Illinois State University.
The Use of Historic Records to Estimate Prehistoric Maize Yields. Invited lecture, Center for Climatic Research,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Settlement Patterns and Ancient Economies: An Archaeological Study in the Central Mississippi River Valley. Invited
lecture, Quaternary Studies Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2000 Landscapes of the Past: Economy and Cultural Complexity in the American Bottom. Invited lecture, Department of
Anthropology Colloquium Series, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
1998 The Spanish in the Southeastern United States. Invited lecture, Michigan-Penn-Cornell Study Abroad Program,
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
1993 Prehistoric Landscapes and Lifeways in the American Bottom, Monroe County, IL. Invited lecture, Maeystown
Women’s Club, Maeystown, IL, 1993.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
2002 Wisconsin’s First People. Department of Anthropology, outside 5230 Social Science Bldg., University of Wisconsin.
2000 Risk and Uncertainty: Life in Arid Lands. Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky.
2000 Department of Anthropology: Who We Are, What We Do. Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky.
1999 Stratigraphy: How Archaeologists Read the Soil. Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky.
1984 Audio Tour of Peoples of the Past, Illinois State Museum (still used today). 1984 Masterpieces of the Past: Prehistoric Art in Illinois, Illinois State Museum.
TEACHING and MENTORING
Courses taught at the University of Wisconsin (2000-present)
Anthro 100 General Anthropology
Anthro 120 Freshman Interest Group: Landscapes
Anthro 112 Principles of Archaeology
Anthro 310 Topics in Archaeology: Eastern North America
Anthro 338 Introduction to Prehistory and Archaeological Principles
Anthro/AISP 354 Archaeology of Wisconsin
Anthro/AISP 355 Archaeology of Eastern North American
Anthro 370 Field Course in Archaeology
Anthro 490 Undergrad Seminar Topic: Household Archaeology
Topic: Museums in Anthropology
Topic: Archaeological Analysis
Topic: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Anthro 681/682 Honors Thesis
Anthro 691/692 Senior Thesis
Anthro 696 Archaeological Methods of Curation
Anthro 699 Directed Study (undergraduate)
Anthro 942 Grad Seminar in Archaeological Problems
Topic: Household Archaeology
Topic: Theory in Archaeology
Topic: Peopling of the Americas
Anthro 990 Research and Thesis
Anthro 999 Reading and Research
Directed reading and research courses at the University of Wisconsin (2000-present)
62 students supervised
Current Student Committees
Ph.D. Advisees: 4
Ph.D. Committees: 18
Completed Student Committees
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervisor: 2002 (1); 2003 (2); 2005 (2); 2013 (2)
M.A. Thesis Committees: 2001 (1 in Geography); 2004 (1 in Geography); 2007 (1 in Environmental Studies); 2015 (2 in
Environmental Studies/Geography)
Ph.D. Committees (committee member): 2001 (4); 2002 (1); 2003 (3); 2004 (2); 2005 (1); 2006 (2); 2008 (2); 2009 (2); 2010
(2); 2011 (1); 2012 (1); 2013 (4); 2014 (2); 2015 (1 in Geography)
Ph.D. Committee Chair: Amy Rosebrough (2010); Bernadette Cap (2015); Heather Walder (2015)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE and DEVELOPMENT
National and Regional Committees
2017 Chair, Nominations Committee, Midwest Archaeological Conference
2014-2016 Chair, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Review Board
2012-2014 Vice Chair, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Review Board
2011 Student Paper Award Evaluation Committee, Midwest Archaeological Conference
2011 Chair, Nominations Committee, Midwest Archaeological Conference
2010 Member, SAA Task Force for the selection of the next editor of American Antiquity
2008-2011 Chair, Committee on Awards, Society for American Archaeology
2008-2010 Executive Officer, Midwest Archaeological Conference (elected position)
2008-2019 Anthropology Committee Chair, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Review Board
2006-2019 Member, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Review Board (Governor’s appointment)
2005 Chair, Nominations Committee, Southeastern Archaeological Conference
2003-2007 Member, Dissertation Award Committee, Society for American Archaeology
2003-2005 Executive Committee Member-at-Large, Archeology Division Executive Committee, American
Anthropological Association (elected position)
2003 Member, Nominations Committee, Southeastern Archaeological Conference
2002-2008 Member, Aztalan Technical Advisory Team
2002 Member, Nominations Committee, Midwest Archaeological Conference
2001-2005 Member of Task Force on Curation, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
1999-2003 Member of the Regional Advisory Board of the Center for Great Lakes Culture at Michigan State
University
1985-1987 Treasurer, Wisconsin Archeological Society
Editorial Boards
2015-present Editorial Board, Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives, University of
Alabama Press
2003-2005 Editorial Board, Archaeology Publications of the American Anthropological Association
Symposia Organized
2015 Schroeder, S., and Jake Pfaffenroth. “Traces of the Ancient City of Aztalan: A Millennial
Perspective.” Midwest Archaeological Conference Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. 2003 Schroeder, S. “Emblems of American Archaeology’s Past: Eminent Mound Sites of the Eastern
Woodlands Revisited.” Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Professional Development
2012-2013 Joseph F. Kaufmann Administrative Development Program. University of Wisconsin.
2002 Recent Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-destructive Investigations in the 21st Century. National
Park Service Remote Sensing Workshop, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
Manuscript and Grant Reviews
American Anthropologist
American Antiquity
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Current Anthropology
Ethnohistory
Human Ecology
Journal of Ethnobiology Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
Plains Anthropologist
Southeastern Archaeology
Wisconsin Archeologist
Archaeology Publications of the American Anthropological Association
National Geographic
National Science Foundation
UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONS and COMMITTEES
2016-2019 UW-Madison Teaching Awards Committee, University of Wisconsin
2014-2015 FIG Director Search Committee, University of Wisconsin
2012-2015 University Honors Committee, University of Wisconsin
2012-2015 Undergraduate Research Group, University of Wisconsin
2012-2015 Freshman Interest Group (FIG) Planning Committee, University of Wisconsin
2012-2015 Chair, T. Douglas Price Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry Committee, University of Wisconsin
2010-2014 Chair, NAGPRA Committee on the Determination of Cultural Affiliation, University of Wisconsin
2009-2014 Ethnic Studies Subcommittee of the UGEC, University of Wisconsin (Chair 2011-2012; consultant 2012-
2014)
2009-2012 University General Education Committee (UGEC), University of Wisconsin
2009-2010 Picnic Point Work Group, University of Wisconsin
2008-2015 Lakeshore Nature Preserve Committee, University of Wisconsin (Chair 2013-2015)
2008-2012 Faculty Honors Committee, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin
2006-2009 L&S Advisory Committee on Credit Outreach Education and Distance Learning, University of
Wisconsin 2006-2010 L&S Faculty Appeals Committee, University of Wisconsin
2004-2007 Campus Landscape Steering Committee, University of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Faculty Senator, University of Wisconsin 2001-present Natural History Museums Council, University of Wisconsin
2000-present Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin: Student Admissions and Awards Committee (2001-
2002), Lectures Committee (2001-2002), Colloquium Organizer (2002-2003), Curriculum/TA Policies and
Procedures (2002-2005), Department Web Site Committee (2004-2007), Section Head of Archaeology (2006-
2007, 2008-2012), Space Committee (2006-2007, 2008-2012), Advisory Committee to the Chair (2006-2007,
2008-2012), Faculty Awards Committee (2006-2007, 2008-2012 [Chair 2008-2012]), Merit and Budget
(2008-2014 [Chair 2009-2013]), Curation Committee (2008-2015 [Chair 2008-2010]); Director of
Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Advisor (2006-2007), Newsletter (2006-2007)
1999-2000 University of Kentucky, Art Museum Advisory Committee
1998-2000 Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Colloquium Committee, Student Awards
Committee, Newsletter Committee, and Archaeology Steering Committee
1997-1998 University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Museum Executive Committee
PUBLIC OUTREACH (see also list of invited lectures and public presentations) 2016 Policy Fellow, Committee Connect, an initiative of the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars in partnership with the UW-
Madison Chancellor’s Office and La Follette School of Public Affairs to connect legislators and researchers to build
better public policy in Wisconsin
2016 Central Time: Wisconsinites Get Involved at Aztalan Archaeology Project (Wisconsin Public Radio Interview with Rob
Ferrett and Veronica Reuckert), July 21, 2016 http://www.wpr.org/wisconsinites-get-involved-aztalan-archaeology-
project
2016 Newspaper interview with Randy Radtke, Jefferson County Daily Union, July 18, 2016 – “Archaeologists begin studying
Aztalan Artifacts from summer dig” http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_e5cd3d90-4cf4-11e6-99c2-
3725c4425e53.html
2016 National Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, June 15, 2016, guided tour of Aztalan and the UW-Madison Reilly
Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment funded outreach and research project
2016 UW Communications (Kelly Tyrrell), June 15, 2016, http://news.wisc.edu/explorations-at-aztalan-yield-enthusiasm-and-
excitement-for-visitors-students/
2016 Friends of Aztalan, June 11, 2016, guided tour of Aztalan and the UW-Madison Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea
Endowment funded outreach and research project
2016 Newspaper interview with Shelby Lyon, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 9, 2016 – “Ancient Wisconsin comes to life at
Aztalan digs” http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/ancient-wisconsin-comes-to-life-at-aztalan-digs-b99741997z1-
382557391.html
2016 Aztalan Public Days, June 10 and 11, 2016
2016 UW MadScience (Kelly Tyrrell), June 7, 2016, “Excavating Aztalan: Ancient people, modern story”
https://uwmadscience.news.wisc.edu/science-communication/excavating-aztalan-ancient-people-modern-story/#more-
1816
2016 Daily Jefferson County Union, June 7, 2016, “Aztalan dig open for public tour”
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_9e222316-2cba-11e6-a8e4-d75395283036.html
2016 https://schroeder.labs.wisc.edu/projects-aztalan.html
2015 Central Standard: Lake Butter (Kansas City Public Radio interview with Gina Kaufmann), August 4, 2015
http://kcur.org/post/lake-butter
2015 UW Communications (David Tenenbaum), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0zONRlY3_w
2015 Newspaper interview with Barry Adams, Wisconsin State Journal, June 14, 2015 – “On Wisconsin: Fact, Fiction, and
Legend in Lake Mills” http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/columnists/on-wisconsin-fact-fiction-and-legend-in-lake-
mills/article_3e8c6cd2-4faa-5537-bf6b-d0dbab19a21e.html
2014 Paddle with a Professor, August 13 – Exploring Prehistoric and Historic Landscapes around Lake Mendota.
2014 University of the Air: Who Were Wisconsin's First People? (Wisconsin Public Radio Interview with Norman Gilliland
and Emily Auerbach) March 2, 2014 http://www.wpr.org/shows/who-were-wisconsins-first-people
2013 UW Communications (David Tenenbaum), July 1 – “Archeologists return to mysterious Aztalan site in Jefferson County”
http://www.news.wisc.edu/21924
2013 NBC15 TV interview with Britni McDonald, July 2 – “Archaeological dig uncovers ancient Indian tribe
artifacts” http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Archeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-indian-tribe-artifacts-
214067671.html
2013 Newspaper interview with Jennifer Laaser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 30, 2013 – “Archaeologists seek
to unearth mysteries at Aztalan State Park” http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/archaeologists-seek-to-
unearth-mysteries-at-aztalan-state-park-b9942962z1-213712021.html
2013 Lake Mills Leader June 20, 2013
2013 Daily Jefferson County Union Weekend Edition, June 21-23, 2013
2013 Wake Up Wisconsin with Katie Priebe
2013 Radio Interview on The Larry Meiller Show, July 22, 2013
2009 Newspaper interview, Sydney Morning Herald, July 3, 2009 – “Preaching to Converts”
http://www.smh.com.au/news/motoring/news/preaching-to-converters/2009/07/02/1246127618078.html?page=fullpage 2004 UW-Madison Campus Archaeology Field Day, May 2, 2004 (assisted the Campus Landscape Steering Committee in
organizing this special campus event). 2004 TV interview, April 29 -- 2004 Undergraduate Symposium, aired on the Research Channel.
2004 Newspaper interview, Wisconsin Week, April 28 -- UW Anthropology Students Survey Cars, Draw Conclusions.
http://www.news.wisc.edu/9699.html
2004 Radio Interview with Jennifer Moore, WIBA Radio, April 22: Car Survey.
2004 Artifact Identification Day, Wisconsin Historical Society, February 28.
2003 Schroeder, S., and R. Birmingham, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lower Mud Lake
Archaeological Complex.
2003 Management Plan for Archaeological Resources on Dane County Parks Commission Lands.
2003 Television interview, Channel 15 "Did Ya Know" series story on Wisconsin 1000 years ago, June 18 and June 19.
2003 Newspaper interview, Capital Times, June 12 – The 2003 Skare Site archaeological field school
2003 Newspaper interview, Capital Times, May 19 – ongoing research at the Skare Site
2001 Radio interview, WORT, June 25: University of Wisconsin Excavations at the Skare Site, Dane County, WI.
2001 Newspaper interview, Capital Times, June 18 – The 2001 Skare Site archaeological field school
1999 The Webb Museum Web Site (no longer active)
1999 Henderson, G. and S. Schroeder. Archaeological Artifacts: Who You Gonna Call? Public presentation at Kentucky
Association of Museums annual meeting, Danville, KY.
MEMBERSHIP in PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Anthropological Association (Archaeology Division)
Society for American Archaeology
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
Illinois Archaeological Survey
Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Midwest Archaeological Conference
Wisconsin Archaeological Survey
Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists (1998-2000)
Wisconsin Archeological Society (1984-1989; 1999-present)
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