Jennifer R. Schroeder

Jen grew up in the Chicago suburbs, and earned two bachelor’s degrees from Eastern Illinois University in 1999. She earned her M.S. in 2001 and Ph.D. in 2004, both in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following this, she was a postdoctoral research associate with a focus in breast cancer for four years.

Jen has been part of the faculty at Millikin for thirteen years and has served as the Director of Academic Effectiveness since 2018. In addition to teaching courses in biology to majors and non-majors, she has been actively involved within the Edge program since 2010. She has also taught physiology and pathophysiology within the graduate nursing programs since 2011.

Jen maintains an active toxicology and cancer research lab and has published research manuscripts on breast cancer in international journals with twelve Millikin undergraduates. She also serves on the Board and has organized meetings for the Ozark-Prairie chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Jen also enjoys running and is an avid fan of her sons’ sports teams, ranging from cross country and track to basketball and baseball.