May 8, 2019
He’s been named as the O’Neill School’s 2018 Favorite Professor of Undergraduate Programs Award based on student nominations and IUPUI Athletics’ Favorite Professor in 2015 and 2019 for a reason: Dr. Merritt is an inspiring person who cares for others and goes out of his way to help his students succeed. A native of Texas, Dr. Merritt made his way to Indy through his academic pursuits from his undergrad at Texas A&M in Political Science to his Masters and PhD in Public Administration from the University of Kansas to landing in our city as an Assistant Professor at IUPUI in Public Affairs.
You can tell from listening to Cullen that he’s passionate about what he does and about empowering others and you can see why he’s received so many awards. In this episode, you’ll hear Cullen speak about his job as a professor and how he approaches it, his background and his path to becoming a professor in Public Affairs, and how he views mentoring relationships.
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