The College of Science is pleased to welcome Dr. Kyranna Kioulafa to UNT Mathematics as one of their newest Lecturers. This semester, Dr. Kioulafa is teaching classes for business majors, including MATH 1180 (College Math for Business and Economics) and MATH 1190 (Business Calculus). She is looking forward to teaching her students ways to approach mathematics as an element that is interwoven in our daily lives.

"I would like to share with my students that math is not just operations or following procedures but a way of holistic thinking," she said. "My goal for each semester is to see what I too can learn from my classes and students to improve my teaching."

Dr. Kioulafa's academic journey began in 2003, when she began studying Ancient Greek at Anavryta Model Lyceum, a public school on the site of the former Classical Lyceum in the outskirts of Athens, Greece. After that, she went on to study math, earning her first mathematics degree from the University of Athens in June 2012, and continued on to acquire MS degrees in Pure Mathematics and Didactics & Methodology of Mathematics. Her postgraduate thesis was entitled "Teaching of Mathematical Analysis in Secondary Education in Europe." In June 2021 she earned her PhD.

"Since then I have attended mathematics conferences as a speaker and published three papers," said Dr. Kioulafa. "I started teaching math in 2013, volunteering to teach calculus exercises at the University of Athens, and have been a mathematics educator ever since."

Fascinated by puzzles and patterns from a young age, Dr. Kioulafa is also musically and creatively inclined, making UNT the perfect place to call home.

"I studied to play the piano for almost ten years, learning how to perform pieces from Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach," she said. "I started classical ballet at the age of six but stopped during my college years since it became too time demanding. I was intrigued by the rhythm, discipline and precision that piano and classical ballet could provide."

Learn more about our outstanding mathematics faculty and programs at https://math.unt.edu/