About
Informed by a global upbringing, Abigail Iovino is a person with wide-ranging interests and skills, specializing in mathematics, economics, and philosophy.
Her education at the University of Texas at Austin culminated in dual degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts in Plan II Honors, complemented by a Certificate in Computational Science and a minor in Italian Language and Culture. Her thesis, supervised by Professors Karen Grumburg and Paul B. Woodruff, examined concepts of self and identity, employing comparative literature techniques to recontextualize the consequences of conflating the self with its appearance in a philosophical discussion, drawing extensively from works of Plato, David Hume, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Her research and writing earned departmental honors for depth of analysis.
Presently, she serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas San Antonio, under the mentorship of Professors Samson Alva and Rodrigo Velez. Her work is characterized by a deep commitment to interdisciplinary research, merging the precision of mathematical analysis with the insights of economic theory. She is also undertaking graduate studies in statistics, data analysis, and economics, with an emphasis on mathematical rigor.
Beyond academia, she nurtures a passion for the arts and literature, with Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Hesse, and Michel Houellebecq ranking among her favorite authors.