Dr. Bernadette Mullins joined Florida Polytechnic University in 2023 as a faculty
member in the Department of Applied Mathematics. Prior to joining the University,
she served on the faculty of Birmingham-Southern College from 2000-2023, holding positions
including department chair and area chair, and at Youngstown State University during
1995-2000. She has published in commutative ring theory and the scholarship of teaching
and learning, has served as co-investigator of a Math Science Partnership funded by
the National Science Foundation, and is a textbook co-author. She is passionate about
teaching mathematics using active learning in a student-centered classroom.
David and Katy Smith Senior Faculty Award, Birmingham-Southern College, 2022
Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award, Birmingham-Southern College, 2001
Distinguished Professor in Teaching Award, Youngstown State University, 1999
Master Teacher Award, Youngstown State University, 1997
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa, 1991
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1995
B.S. in Mathematics, Western Illinois University, 1989
Member, Mathematical Association of America, 1995-current, including serving as Alabama
State Director and on nominations and awards committees
Fellow, MAA Project NExT
Member, Association for Women in Mathematics
Lial, M.L., Hungerford, T.W., Holcomb, J.P, Mullins, B. (2023) Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences (13th edition), Pearson
Lial, M.L., Hungerford, T.W., Holcomb, J.P, Mullins, B. (2019) Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences (12th edition), Pearson
Lial, M.L., Hungerford, T.W., Holcomb, J.P, Mullins, B. (2015) Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences (11th edition), Pearson
Clark, F., Cochran, R., Dominick, A., Fulmore, J., Lofgren, P., Mayer, Mullins, B.,
J., Parker, R., Parrish, S., Spieler, B. (2013). Challenging Courses and Curricula:
A Model for All Students. NCSM Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, vol. 14, no. 2 (Fall 2012/Winter 2013), 31-37
Mayer, J., Cochran, R., Dominick, A., Clark, F., Mullins, B., Fulmore, J. (2011).
Perspectives on Deepening Teachers’ Mathematics Content Knowledge: The Case of the
Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership. In E. M. Gordon, D. J. Heck, K. A. Malzahn,
J. D. Pasley, & I. R. Weiss (Eds.), Deepening teachers’ mathematics and science content knowledge: Lessons from NSF Math
and Science Partnerships
Dobbs, D., Mullins, B., & Picavet-L’Hermitte, M. (2008). The singly generated unital
rings with only finitely many unital subrings, Communications in Algebra, 36 no. 7, 2638-2653
Dobbs, D., Mullins, B., Picavet-L’Hermitte, & M., Picavet, G. (2005) On the FIP property
for extensions of commutative rings, Communications in Algebra 33, no. 9, 3091-3119
Dobbs, D. & Mullins, B. (2004) On a field-theoretic invariant for extensions of commutative
rings, Communications in Algebra, 32, no. 4, 1295-1305
Anderson, D.D., Dobbs, D., & Mullins, B. (1999). The primitive element theorem for
commutative algebras, Houston Journal of Mathematics, 25, no. 4, 603-623
Anderson, D.D. & Mullins, B. (1996). Finite factorization domains, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 124, 389-396
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