Kevin Mullen
Credentials: PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Position title: Assistant Professor, DCS; Director of Adult Education, UW Odyssey Project
Email: kevin.mullen@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-3330
- Research areas
- public humanities, multi-generational learning, literacy studies
Kevin Mullen is an Assistant Professor of Continuing Studies and the Director of Adult Education for the UW Odyssey Project. His work focuses on expanding access to higher education for low-income adult students from marginalized communities, especially the role that writing plays in creating a stronger sense of self-efficacy, voice, and community. In addition to the core Odyssey class, he has taught English 100 (Introduction to College Writing) courses for Odyssey alumni and incarcerated students in the Odyssey Beyond Bars program. He also oversees the Odyssey Family Learning Center, where past and present students can come with their children to work on homework with a team of tutors.