Bachelor of Arts
Economics and International Relations
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2007

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
International Finance and Trade; Currency Markets and Foreign Exchange;  Emerging Markets; Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Development Economics; Economic History

PUBLICATIONS

Keefe, Helena G. and Erick W. Rengifo, 2019, “Trading Strategies in Currency Options as an Alternative to Central Bank Spot Market Intervention” International Journal of Central Banking, forthcoming 2019

Keefe, Helena G. and Hedieh Shadhami, 2017, “Foreign Exchange Market Intervention and Asymmetric Preferences ” Emerging Markets Review. Vol. 37 Oct. 2018

Keefe, Helena Glebocki and Rengifo, Erick, Options and central bank currency market intervention: The case of Colombia, Emerging Markets Review, Vol. 23, Pages 1-25, June 2015

Keefe, Helena G., Erick W. Rengifo, and Rossen Trendalov, 2015 “The Importance of Remittances in Frontier Markets.” Handbook of Frontier Markets Chp. 31. forthcoming

WORKING PAPERS

Keefe, Helena G. and Erick W. Rengifo, “Currency Options, Implied Interest Rates and Inflation Targeting”

Keefe, Helena G. and Hedieh Shadhami,”Inflation Targeting, Foreign Exchange Intervention and Asymmetric Preferences”

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Currency Options, Implied Interest Rates and Inflation Targeting” Global Research on Emerging Economics, Lima Peru, November 2018

“Trading Strategies in Currency Options as an Alternative to Central Bank Spot Market Intervention” Global Academic Institute, New York, NY, May 2016 (and) MiC, Croatia June 2016

“Issuing Options Contracts as an Alternative Central Bank Policy Tool for Currency Market Intervention” Eastern Economic Association 40th Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2014  

“The Impact of Remittances on Exchange Rate Volatility and Inflation Volatility in Dollarized Economies”
Missouri Valley Economics Association 50th Annual Meeting
Kansas City, Missouri, October 2013

“Remittances and Exchange Rate Volatility in Dollarized Economies”
New York State Economics Association 66th Annual Conference
Farmingdale State College, October 2013

TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Professor of Practice
Fairfield University
Principles of Macroeconomics; Principles of Microeconomics

Lecturer
Fordham University, College of Rose Hill
Principles of Macroeconomics; Principles of Microeconomics

Lecturer
Iona College, New Rochelle NY
Principles of Microeconomics

Graduate Assistant
Fordham University, Graduate School of Business
Research assistant to Robert Bendheim Chair & Professor of Finance, Dr. Paul McNelis

FELLOWSHIPS  & AWARDS
Global Association of Risk Professionals,
Risk Management Research Grant, Current

Senior Teaching Distinguished Fellowship,
Fordham University, 2014-2015

Mahony Prowse Scholarship Award,
Fordham University, 2013-2014

Teaching Fellowship
Fordham University,  2011 – 2014

Finalist, Graduate Research Competition
Fordham University,  2013

Summer Research Fellowship
Fordham University, Summer 2012

PROFESSIONAL & OTHER EXPERIENCE  

GSAS Academic Affairs Subcommittee Representative
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
2014-2015

GSAS Professional Development Initiative, Coordinator
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
2014-2015

Graduate Student Association Representative, Economics
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
2013-2015

Cactus Global, Inc.
Freelance Editor, Economics and Statistics Division
New York, NY
2014

Media Morph, Analyst
Market Research and Financial Programming
New York, NY
2010 – 2011

MasterCard Advisors, Associate Managing Consultant
Payments Consulting
Purchase, NY
2007 – 2009

RELATED SKILLS  
Programming: MatLab, R, Latex, Eviews 7, Stata
Languages: Polish (fluent)