Office: FAB 241 | Phone: (308) 865-8608 | Email: mattinglybt@unk.edu
Dr. Mattingly is an Associate Professor of Music and co-coordinator for the music education program at UNK. She teaches Music Methods for the Elementary Teacher, Music in Early Childhood Education, Introduction to Music Education, and Elementary Music Methods for undergraduate and graduate music education students, as well as supervising student teachers. Dr. Mattingly holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Tulsa. Her research interests include the work of Katalin Forrai, a prominent music educator who was instrumental in developing the field of early childhood music education in Hungary and around the world.
In 2013, Dr. Mattingly was awarded a Fulbright Student Grant that allowed her to live in Kecskemét, Hungary for nine months where she studied and conducted research at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. She has given research presentations at the international level, including the 2022 and 2020 International Society of Music Education World Conferences, the 2019 International Kodály Society Symposium held in Malaysia, the 2016 International Society for Educational Biography Conference in San Antonio, Texas, and the 2015 International Katalin Forrai Conference at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. She has also given research presentations at the national and regional levels, including the 2019 Midwest Kodály Music Educators Association Midwestern Division Conference, and the 2016 Organization of American Kodály Educators National Conference in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Mattingly is a member of the Nebraska Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Plains States Kodály Organization, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, the International Kodály Society, and the International Society for Music Education.
