Shatakshee Dhongde, assistant professor of economics in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, presented her research on “Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S.” at Stanford University on September 27, 2013. She discussed the methodological problems associated with measuring multidimensional poverty and presented new poverty estimates for the U.S. based upon the latest American community survey data. Dhongde was one of the few candidates selected to participate in the New Scholars Conference, which is organized annually by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI). One of three National Poverty Centers, CPI is a nonpartisan research center dedicated to monitoring and analyzing trends in poverty and inequality.