Hello! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Vassar College. My research interests are in topological data analysis (TDA), computational topology and geometry, and mathematics of data science. I regularly teach undergraduate statistics, data science, and math classes. In addition to research and teaching, I also care about making the scientific community more welcoming and accessible. I contribute to various outreach programs that focus on this. More details can be found in my CV.
Links: CV. (Updated 12/25) google scholar. linkedin.
Email: rbelton@vassar.edu Pronouns: she/her
News
- March 2026. I am giving a talk at the Algebra/Topology Seminar at University at Albany.
- March 2026. I am participating in the Dagstuhl Seminar on Intractability in Discrete Geometry and Topology.
- January 2026. I am teaching Math 244: Intermediate Data Science and Math 341: Statistical Inference.
- December 2025. I am giving a talk in the Statistical Methodology for Data with Spatial and Temporal Dependencies session at the 19th International Joint Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE) and Computational and Methodological Statistics (CMStatistics).
- October 2025. Paper Acceptance! Discrete Level Set Persistence for Finite Discrete Functions has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Foundations of Data Science.
- October 2025. I am giving a talk (virtually) at the mathematics and statistics seminar at South Dakota State University.
- October 2025. I am giving a math colloquium talk at Union College.
- September 2025. I am giving the plenary talk at the Symposium for Undergraduate Research at SUNY New Paltz.
- September 2025. I am teaching two sections of Math 241: Probability and a senior seminar on the mathematics and implementation of selected data science algorithms.