Dr. Shatakshee Dhongde is a Professor of Economics at Georgia Tech. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on the economics of poverty. She was one of the first scholars to provide consistent estimates of multidimensional poverty in the United States.
To date, she has published more than 20 refereed journal articles and book chapters and has presented her research at several national and international forums including the World Bank and the United Nations. Her work has been featured in media outlets such as the BBC and the NPR. Since 2021, she serves as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech.
Awards
Dr. Dhongde is the recipient of numerous awards:
- Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year Award (2022)
- Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Faculty Excellence Award (2021)
- Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award (2019)
In addition to her work at Georgia Tech, she holds multiple positions in national and international societies for economics:
- President-elect of the International Association of Review of Income and Wealth (IARIW)
- Fellow of the Society for Economic Measurement
- Research Affiliate with the Institute of Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Editorial Board of the Review of Income and Wealth
- Governing Board of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP)
Shatakshee Dhongde
