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
- July 2026. I am spending two weeks at the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) via the PROOF program.
- July 2026. I am giving a talk in the special session on Topological Data Analysis Theory, Algorithms, and Applications at the AIMS conference.
- May 2026. I am participating in the Foundations of Computational Geometry and Topology workshop at ICERM.
- April 2026. I am giving a talk at the TDA Seminar at Michigan State University.
- April 2026. Vassar will host DataFest and the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC).
- March 2026. I am giving a talk at the Algebra/Topology Seminar and Applied Topology in Albany (ATiA) seminar at University at Albany.
- March 2026. I am participating in the Dagstuhl Seminar on Intractability in Discrete Geometry and Topology.
- February 2026. Paper Acceptance! Any Graph is a Mapper Graph has been accepted for publication to La Matematica.
- January 2026. I am teaching Math 244: Intermediate Data Science and Math 341: Statistical Inference.