Paul R. Mullins

Paul R. Mullins (September 22, 1962 - April 16, 2023) served as a professor of Anthropology at Indiana University Purdue-University Indianapolis. His research contributed to the public history of Black neighborhoods in Indianapolis.

Early life and education Mullins' was born on September 22, 1962.

Mullins graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984.

Mullins also studied elements of material culture in Finland and took research trips to the country. In 2012 he received a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Oulu. Later the University of Oulu honored Mullins with the title of docent. These blogs also provided a public account for the neighborhoods where he conducted his community-engaged research.

In 2022, the Indianapolis City-County Council adopted a resolution recognizing Mullins for "advancing the public’s understanding of the role of the color line in shaping the history and contemporary landscape of Indianapolis.” Fulbright Scholarship (2012) 2016 IUPUI Chancellor's Fellowship (with coauthor, Susan Hyatt) Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historical Award, Indiana Historical Society (2020) Chancellor's Professor, IUPUI (2022)

Selected works Mullins authored four books and more than fifty peer reviewed journal articles. Revolting Things An Archaeology of Shameful Histories and Repulsive Realities. (UP of Florida, 2021) The Archaeology of Consumer Culture. (UP of Florida, 2011) The Archaeology of Consumption. Annual Review of Anthropology 40, 133-144 (2011) Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut. (UP of Florida, 2008) "Representing colonizers: An archaeology of creolization, ethnogenesis, and indigenous material culture among the Haida." Historical Archaeology 34, 73–84 (2000) Race and the genteel consumer: Class and African-American consumption, 1850–1930. Historical Archaeology 33, 22–38 (1999). Race and Affluence: An archaeology of African America and Consumer Culture. (Kluwer Academic, 1999).

Personal life Mullins married Marlys Johanne Pearson with whom he raised a son, Aidan.