Our guest is Dr. Metin Eren. He is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at Kent State University and a Research Associate at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
He did his undergraduate degree at Harvard and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Eren has published over 200 scholarly papers and three edited books. His research, which focuses on Stone Age archaeology and the evolution of technology, has been regularly featured in international media, including PBS NOVA, the History Channel, the BBC, the Discovery Channel, NPR, and MeatEater, among many others.
This episode discusses student mentorship and Dr. Eren’s role as a faculty and research mentor to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Additional resources:
· CITI Program’s Campus Health and Wellbeing course: https://about.citiprogram.org/series/campus-health-and-wellness/
· Kent State University Experimental Archelogy Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/ksuexarchlab/home?authuser=0