Bill V. Mullen is Professor of English and American Studies at Purdue University. His specializations are American Literature and Studies, African American Studies, Cultural Studies, Working-Class Studies, Critical Race Theory and Marxist Theory.

His other books include:

Un-American: W.E.B. DuBois and the Century of World Revolution

W.E.B.Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line

Afro-Orientalism: Reveals a century of political solidarity uniting Asians and African Americans

Popular Fronts: Chicago and African-American Cultural Politics,1935-46