J. Patrick Mullins

J. Patrick Mullins serves as Associate Professor in the Department of History at Marquette University, where he directs the Public History program and coordinates internships. He actively collaborates with community institutions including the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum as Exhibit Research Director.

His educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in History, University of Kentucky (2005)

Specializing in the anglophone Atlantic World during the long eighteenth century, Mullins examines how visual, material, print, and performative culture transmitted memories of past conflicts to inspire revolutionary movements. His research centers on the cultural-intellectual origins of the American Revolution (1745-1776), British Atlantic networks, and memory studies, with particular focus on figures like Jonathan Mayhew and transnational regicide symbolism.

His publication trajectory reveals evolving methodological breadth: early work concentrated on New England clergy's revolutionary rhetoric, while recent scholarship expands into art history (Peale's portraiture), literary analysis (Bradbury), and transatlantic visual culture. This progression demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary engagement with material objects and performative media as historical evidence.

No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the provided materials.

Mullins mentors public history students through community partnerships producing museum exhibits, documentary films, and preservation research. His Ray Bradbury Museum collaborations exemplify applied history practice, though specific grant funding details remain unreported. He teaches courses on Atlantic World history, public history methodology, and cultural memory of revolution.

His current projects include student-led community initiatives and the monograph Killing Kings in America: Violence, Art, and Memory in the Transatlantic American Revolution, investigating how Anglo-American memorialization of Charles I's execution influenced revolutionary thought.