The Quantitative Reasoning Council is charged with the approval of courses for the quantitative reasoning (QR) distributional designation and more broadly with overseeing the enhancement of undergraduate education in the quantitative disciplines. All members of the Council are available to discuss matters pertaining to undergraduate education in quantitative disciplines. Materials to be considered in association with new course proposals or proposals for the enhancement of teaching in quantitative reasoning may be submitted to the Chair or to alexia.belperron@yale.edu, Yale College Dean’s Office, SSS 26.
QR Council 2025-2026
John Hall, Chair
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
Alexia Belperron, Vice Chair
Associate Dean, Science and Quantitative Reasoning
Joseph Chang (Fall)
Professor, Statistics and Data Science
Jay Emerson
Professor Adjunct, Statistics and Data Science
Anurag Khandelwal
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Applied Science
Adriane Steinacker
Senior Lecturer, Physics
Patrick Vaccaro
Professor, Chemistry
Kurt Zilm
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering