Together with Hal S. Scott, Gelpern is the coauthor of a leading textbook on international finance, originally published in 1995 and updated in 2018 for its 22nd edition.[3]
She co-directs the Sovereign Debt Forum, a collaboration among Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law and academic institutions in the United States and Europe, dedicated to cutting-edge research and capacity building in sovereign debt management.[4]
She has worked as an expert for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. In particular, she was involved in the drafting of the collective action clauses in Argentina's sovereign debt contracts.[5]
She is frequently quoted in U.S. and international media on issues that issue sovereign debt restructuring and banking sector policy.[6][7][8]