Frank Mullins
Keel Point Professor in Family Wealth and Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
Keel Point Professor in Family Wealth at University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Dr. Frank I. Mullins is the Keel Point Professor in Family Wealth and Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the College of Business, University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is also a Fellow of the Institute for the Study for Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University, and a former Academic Affairs Faculty Fellow for the University of North Carolina System. Prior to returning to UAH, Dr. Mullins was the inaugural Fred ’78 and Sue Newton Endowed Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Rhode Island, and had previously served on the business faculty at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Mullins’ research agenda examines how corporate governance, namely boards of directors, family governance, and large shareholders, influence HRM practices in organizations. His research is published in prestigious academic journals including Human Resource Management and the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. Dr. Mullins earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration and MBA from Syracuse University and Bachelor’s degree from Oakwood University. During his PhD studies, he further enriched his knowledge in having been an Exchange Scholar at Cornell University in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and an Elon Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Elon University. Dr. Mullins' dedication to teaching and research has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the UAH College of Business, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from the UAH Minority Graduate Student Association, the Best Research Paper Award from the UAH College of Business, and the Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from North Carolina A&T State University. Before his academic career, Dr. Mullins gained valuable real-world experience in HRM at the IBM Corporation, working across various areas including compensation, staffing, employee relations, corporate learning and diversity.
Job experience
- August 2025 - presentKeel Point Professor in Family Wealth
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL, USA - August 2024 - presentAssociate Professor of Human Resource Management
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL, USA - August 2023 - July 2024Fred '78 and Sue Newton Endowed Professor of Human Resource Management and Associate Professor of Management
University of Rhode IslandSouth Kingstown, RI, USA - August 2017 - July 2023Associate Professor of Management
The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama - August 2010 - June 2017Assistant Professor of Management
North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro, NC, USA
Education
- Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management
PhD in Business Administration (HRM emphasis)2005 - 2011