Dr. Andy Mullins

Dr. Andy Mullins is the co-director and co-founder of the Mississippi Teacher Corps. While working at the State Department of Education Dr. Mullins created the program with Amy Gutman in 1989 to address the teacher shortage in the Mississippi Delta. "We modeled the program after the Peace Corps, in which we could draw people from all over the U.S. to come to Mississippi to teach," said Dr. Mullins.

Dr. Mullins is currently the Executive Assistant to the Chancellor at the University of Mississippi. He meets with all Teacher Corps participants during the summer, and leads several workshops and discussions during the training. He teaches all of the Teacher Corps participants in his spring course "Innovations in Education" and in his fall course "The Effective Leader."

Dr. Mullins graduated from Millsaps College with a BA in History. He has a M.ED in History from Mississippi College and a PhD in Higher Education Administration from The University of Mississippi. Dr. Mullins has served as Special Assistant to three State Superintendents and two governors. He began his career in education as a history teacher and tennis and football coach at St. Andrews High School in Jackson, MS.