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R. Bruce Mattingly Named Interim Dean of SUNY Cortland School of Arts and Sciences

CORTLAND, NY (07/02/2008; 1038)(readMedia)-- R. Bruce Mattingly, a member of the SUNY Cortland faculty since 1999 and chair of the Mathematics Department, became the interim dean of the College's School of Arts and Sciences on July 1.

He replaces Mark Prus, who was recently selected as the College's provost and vice president for academic affairs. A national search for a full-time dean will be conducted during the 2008-09 academic year. Mattingly will serve as interim dean until June 30, 2009.

He joined the College in 1999 as associate professor and chair of mathematics and was promoted to professor in 2002. He also served as the department's graduate coordinator in Spring 2003, Spring 2004 and the 2006-07 academic year.

Mattingly teaches undergraduate and graduate level mathematics courses as well as introductory computer programming and online courses. He was a participant in two national workshops sponsored by the National Science Foundation on the use of software in teaching linear algebra. Mattingly has written articles on mathematics teaching that were published in the Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development and the New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal.

The Quantitative Skills Committee chair, he has served since 1999 on the Teacher Education Council and since 2002 on the Academic Affairs Council. A former Faculty Senate member from 2000-04, he has participated in other campus bodies focused on long range planning, faculty development and accreditation.

His research interests include Markov chains, matrix theory and scientific computing. His work has been published in The American Mathematical Monthly and the Operations Research Society of America Journal on Computing.

In recent years, he has presented his research at conferences sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science and the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America.

Mattingly has directed a number of SUNY Cortland undergraduates and graduate students on research projects using mathematics.

He has served as a referee for the First International Workshop on the Numerical Solution of Markov Chains conference and peer-reviewed journals including Mathematical Programming, the American Mathematical Monthly and Linear Algebra and its Applications. He was an invited participant at a panel discussion on mentoring new faculty at a national meeting of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences in 1997, and at a panel discussion on the assessment of mathematics programs at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in 2005.

Mattingly is a member of the Mathematical Association of America and the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honorary Society.

A native of Louisville, Ky., he earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and a Master of Engineering in Applied Mathematics from the University of Louisville. As an undergraduate, he was inducted into the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and served on the Interscholastic Programming Team, which in 1980-81 earned sixth place in a national contest sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery. When receiving his master's degree, he was honored as an Outstanding Graduate in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. In 2002, he was awarded a Professional Award in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Louisville.

Mattingly received a doctorate in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University. While there, he was team captain of the Interscholastic Programming Team, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, which earned third place in an international contest during 1982-83. He received a Summer Research Award from the Department of Mathematics, a Graduate Student Certificate for Outstanding Teaching, a Maltbie Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants in Mathematics and the Mathematics Department's Winton Award.

In 1988, Mattingly joined the Mathematics Department faculty at Youngstown State University as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 1993. From 1995-99, Mattingly also served as assistant to the dean in Youngstown's College of Arts and Sciences.

While at Youngstown, he was honored with two Research Professorships. In 1990, he was awarded associate membership in the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. Youngstown's Arts and Sciences Master Teacher Recognition Program acknowledged him as a Master Teacher from 1995-99.

He lives in Virgil, N.Y., with his wife, Lynne, and their two sons, Peter and Nathan.

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