Bernadette Mullins

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.

Awards and Honors

• 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

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1995
• B.S. in Mathematics, Western Illinois University, 1989

Professional Activities

• 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

Select Publications

• 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