Murat Cankurt

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; Ph.D., Agricultural Economics
  Dissertation: A Study on the Determination of Farmers’ Demand for Tractor, Satisfaction of Tractor Use, and Purchasing Attitudes Towards Tractor: The Case of Aydın
• Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey; M.S., Agricultural Economics
  Thesis: Field Crops Production Planning at the Application Farm of Agricultural Faculty, Adnan Menderes University
• Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey; B.S., Agricultural Engineering,

APPOINTMENTS

• 2024 – Present; Research Technician, Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agricultural Education, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
• 2014 – 2016; Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
• 2011 – 2014; Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2016, UBYT Publication Incentive Award, TUBITAK
• 2014 and 2016; Excellent Teaching Award in Student Satisfaction Evaluations, Adnan Menderes University
• 2010 and 2011; TUBITAK Publication Award
• 2024, Awarded for contribution to Austin raindrop foundation’s community outreach acts.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Research and Consultancy: Provided expertise in agricultural economics and climate change impacts for international projects in Turkey, Germany, and Kazakhstan. Signed totally 34 area based scientific research projects until now.
• Teaching and Mentoring: Extensive experience teaching courses in economics, agricultural marketing, and econometrics at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
• International Collaboration: Actively engaged in international research and teaching programs, including sabbaticals and visiting lectureships in the USA, Germany, and Spain.
• Social Service Activities: Conceiving, planning and conducting the research titled “Our youth are the hope of our future” to increase the participation of young people in the community benefit activities of Austin Raindrop Foundation, 2024.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Participant, International Course on Rural Development, MASHAW Scholarship, Israel.
• Visiting Lecturer, Kassel University, Germany, and Cordoba University, Spain.
• Sabbatical Researcher at North Carolina A&T State University, Prof. Dr. Terrence Thomas.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

1. Thomas, TW., and Cankurt, M., 2024. A multi-method Analysis of Food Desert Residents’ Lived Experience with Food. Medical Research Archives, [online] 12(10). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v12i10.6062

1. Thomas, TW., and Cankurt, M., 2024. Influence of Food Environments on Dietary Habits: Insights from a Quasi-Experimental Research, Foods 13, no. 13: 2013. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13132013
2. Cankurt, M., Thomas, T., Celtikoglu, S. (2024). Climate Change Mitigation through Carbon Farming: Exploring the Role of AI. The 3nd SNAS Annual Academic Conference Western Connecticut State University (WCSU), Danbury, CT, October 11, 2024.
3. Thomas, T W., and Cankurt, M., (2023). Influence of Food Environment on Dietary Habits: Insights from a Quasi-Experimental Research. The 2nd SNAS Annual Academic Conference Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), Madison, NJ, October 6, 2023.
4. Akpinar A. and Cankurt M. (2017). How are characteristics of urban green space related to levels of physical activity? Examining the links. Indoor and Built Environment, Vol:26(8), 1091-1101.
5. Cankurt M., Miran B., Akpinar A. (2016). An Exploratory Study on the Perception of Air, Water, Soil, Visual and General Pollution. Ekololoji, Vol:25(98) 52-60. (doi: 10.5053 /ekoloji.2016.02).
6. Cobanoglu, F., Cankurt, M., Tunalioglu, R., Yilmaz HI, Bozkiran S., Nalbantoglu A., Yildiz H. (2017). Assessment of Impact of Rural Development Investments Support Programme: Evidence from Bursa Region, Journal of Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty, 14 (1), 16-27.
7. Çiftçi, K., Cankurt, M., Şahin, A., Miran, B., (2016). What Should Be the Best Design of The Future In Terms of Nutrition And Health, Full Paper, XII. National Agricultural Economics Congress Book, 25-27 Mayıs 2016, Isparta, Turkey 673-680p.
8. Cankurt, M., Thomas, T., Gunden, C., Miran, B. (2013). Consumer decision-making styles: Investigation of food shopping behavior. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 11(2), 224-227.
9. Cankurt, M., Miran, B., Gunden, C. (2016). An exploratory study on the perception of air, water, soil, visual, and general pollution. Ekoloji, 25(98), 52-60.
10. R. Tunalıoğlu, Cankurt M, F. Çobanoğlu, G. Armağan, (2012). Olive Oil Consumer Behaviors (Full Text) 10th National Agricultural Economics Congress, September 5-7, Konya, Turkey, p853-862.
11. Cankurt M, R. Tunalıoğlu, F. Çobanoğlu, G. Armağan, (2011). Consumption Preferences in Table Olives. (Full Text) 2. Zeytinyağı ve Sofralık Zeytin Sempozyumu, 07-08 Aralık 2011, İzmir,Turkey p21-36.
12. Z. Kenanoglu Bektas, B. Miran, O. Karahan Uysal, C. Gunden, Cankurt M, (2011). Demand analysis for frozen food in Turkey: Case of Izmir.  African Journal of Agricultural Research (ISI) , 6(6), 1508-1518.
13. Z. Kenanoglu Bektas, B. Miran,O. Karahan Uysal, C. Gunden and Cankurt M, (2010). Turkish consumers’ attitudes towards frozen foods. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment (ISI) , Vol.8 (3&4 ) 78-85.
14. Cankurt M, B. Miran, A. Şahin, Determining of the Effective Factors on Cattle Meat Preferences: the Case of Izmir, Hayvansal Üretim Dergisi , 51(2), 16-22 pp., 2010
15. Z. Bektaş, B. Miran, Ö. Uysal, C. Günden, Cankurt M, Consumer Preferences Towards Frozen Food Products: Case of Izmir Province, Ege Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi , 47(3), 211-222 pp., 2010