• Demographic Global Transformation & Social Change
• International Migration/Development
• Mediterranean Society & Demography
• Global Social Transformations

• International Development
• Research Methods & Statistics
• International Migration
• Population Dynamics

Dr. Mullan is Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Social Science and an Associate Professor of Sociology. He teaches courses in demography, statistics, research methods and international migration, global transformation, and development. His current research focuses on international migration and community development in South Eastern Europe. Another ongoing research project is entitled "The Demography of Globalization." His most recent research presentation, to an audience of Michigan State legislators and policy-makers in April 2006, focused on the demography of international migration in Michigan. Dr. Mullan has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and to the Michigan Department of Community Health. He has held prior appointments at the University of Oxford (England), the University of Virginia, and the University of the Aegean (Greece).

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• “International Migration and Origin-Community Development: Evidence from an Albanian Case Study,” North Central Sociological Association, March 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• “Michigan and the International Economy: The Impact of Immigration,” Institute for Public Policy, MSU, the Anderson House Office Building, Lansing, Michigan, April 2006.
• "The Demography of Globalization and Small/Medium countries in EU: Greek Population Trends and Realities" Center for Russian & European Studies, MSU, April 2006.
• "The Demography of Philanthropy," Big Ten Universities' Development Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, July, 2006.
• “The Internet, Marriage, Migration, and Partner Selection in an Age of Globalization,” American Sociological Association, August 2006, Montreal, Canada.
• “Power and the Politics of Information: A Critical Review of Globalization Measurement and Implications,” American Sociological Association, August 2006, Montreal, Canada.

• “Social Adaptation Problems among Amerasian Refugees,” Asian and Pacific Journal of Migration, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2002, pp. 275-295.
• "Ethnic Communities and Ethnic Organizations Reconsidered: Southeast Asians and Eastern Europeans in Chicago,” International Migration (with Lorraine Majka). Vol. 40 (2), 2002, pp. 72-92