Carolyn Aslan

Dr. Carolyn Aslan is a senior associate director at the Center for Teaching Innovation and an associate director for the Active Learning Initiative, which helps faculty incorporate active learning methods into their classes to increase student learning and engagement. She also enjoys working with new faculty as part of our New Faculty Academy. Her interest in teaching developed as a faculty member in archaeology at Koç University in Istanbul where she taught courses in Anatolian archaeology, ancient mythology, and history. Her research focused on Iron Age Anatolia with fieldwork at sites such as Troy, Maydos, and Gordion. A native of Ithaca, she graduated from Cornell with a bachelor’s degree in archaeology and classics. She received a doctorate in classical and near eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College.