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The Executive Associate Dean, Raúl Curto, is also the College's
Director of Diversity. He directs the faculty recruitment, appointment,
and review processes and the appointment of teaching assistants.
He also administers University personnel policies for faculty and
graduate assistants in the College.
Dean Curto earned his teacher certification and licenciate in mathematics
from the Universidad Nacional de San Luis in Argentina, and went
on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook in 1978. He has been a member of Iowa's
mathematics faculty since 1981, was a Faculty Scholar during 1988-91,
and in addition to teaching has served in a number of administrative
capacities, including chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
He became the College's associate dean for faculty in 1996 and was
named executive associate dean in 1998. In recognition of his efforts
and success in promoting cultural diversity, he was named the College's
director of diversity in 2004.
An internationally respected mathematician, Dean Curto has given
over a hundred invited talks on five continents. His research interests
include multivariable operator theory, C*-algebras, several complex
variables, and classical theory of moments. He has had continuous
research support from the National Science Foundation since 1980.
His most recent monograph, Joint Hyponormality of Toeplitz Pairs
(co-authored with W. Y. Lee), was published in 2001. In recognition
of his outstanding record of teaching, research, and service, he
has been named a Collegiate Fellow for 2002-2007.
Mary Lou Doyle works
with Executive Associate Dean Curto.
Billie
Townsend and Kim Lebeck provide staff support to the Executive Associate Dean.
Contact Billie Townsend
to make an appointment with Dean Curto.
Raśl Curto's faculty
page.
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