Dr. Gordon Bodnar

Biography

Gordon Bodnar is the Morris W. Offit Professor of International Finance and the Director of the Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance program at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has been a founding director of the school’s Master of International Economics and Finance degree since 2005. In 2011, he was awarded a courtesy appointment as Professor at the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his tenure at Johns Hopkins, he served as an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. Professor Bodnar has held visiting professorships at Frankfurt University in Germany and Wharton. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1991. His research focuses on international corporate finance, including topics such as corporate exchange rate exposure, foreign exchange risk management, valuation of multinational operations, and financial disclosures. His work has been published in major academic journals in finance, economics, and accounting, as well as in practitioner journals. He serves on the editorial board of European Financial Management and has held positions as associate editor for the Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting. Additionally, he teaches master’s-level courses in corporate finance and international finance, and has been recognized with eight Excellence in Teaching awards. He also lectures in various executive education programs and consults for the financial industry, multinational firms, and international research organizations.

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