As the Co-Director for the Institute of Economic and Environmental Studies at CSUF, Dr. Farka has developed national and regional models that are used to forecast economic indicators, analyze economic trends, and provide policy recommendations. She is widely known for developing and presenting the CSUF Economic Forecasts for the Nation, Southern California and Orange County in the CSUF Economic Forecast Conference (annual and midyear update). These are two of the most popular economic conferences in Southern California, drawing large and diverse audience from the business community, policy circles, and academia. Her expertise in economic and financial forecasting is frequently sought by governmental and private entities such as: Orange County Office of the Treasurer, Riverside County Office of the Treasurer, KNN Public Finance, and Deutsche Bank. Dr. Farka is routinely quoted by various media sources including the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Orange County Business Journal, OC Metro, Valley News, and California Commerce. She is frequently invited as a key note speaker on economic and financial issues by various business, government, and educational organizations.

Prior to joining Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Farka worked as a senior economist for Deutsche Bank, New York, were she was responsible for developing economic forecast models for key national and international macroeconomic variables, currency forecasts, and financial market analyses. She was responsible for presenting these analyses to various clients, institutional investors, central banks, international organizations, and the media. While at Deutsche Bank, Dr. Farka published daily, weekly and monthly reports which were featured on two flagship Wall Street publications: Deutsche Bank Exchange Rate Perspectives and Deutsche Bank FX Weekly.

Education

Columbia University, Ph.D. in Economics, 2004
Columbia University, MA in Economics, 2000       
California State University Fresno, BA in Economics, 1998