{"id":19,"date":"2015-08-24T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/vancouver-blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2015-08-24T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:40:31","slug":"accounting-faculty-bio-claire-latham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/vancouver-blog\/2015\/08\/24\/accounting-faculty-bio-claire-latham\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting Faculty Bio: Claire Latham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Latham_Claire<\/a>Mastering the Magic of Accounting ;\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cGiving voice to ethical values is my greatest passion\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Claire Kamm Latham describes accounting as preparation, proficiency and reasoning \u2014 all required to make critical and ethical decisions within today\u2019s dynamic, fast-paced business world. She describes her teaching style as a partnership<\/strong> with a personal trainer or coach. Each accounting course is designed for students to take a journey, taking care to understand the impact of critical steps on the business environment. Latham says she loves teaching and seeing the interest and excitement in students\u2019 eyes as they discover the magic of accounting and its crucial role in viable businesses, non-profits and organizations in Southwest Washington.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s accounting is much more than credits, debits and a spreadsheet with a bottom line. Latham\u2019s students learn skills, interpret conditions and recommend options that make or break businesses<\/strong>. Her classes incorporate working with real business clients, borrow situations from the everyday world to gain insights, proficiency and reasoning skills while giving a voice to values and integrity. Students discover that accounting is a joint venture involving preparation and face-to-face time to explain their choices \u2014 both essential activities for class and for business decisions. Theory becomes practice with students identifying issues independently; then explaining their step-by-step reasoning to student peers similar to what they will do in a firm.<\/p>\n

Latham and colleagues study instructions and interventions impacting ethical decision-making by students and professional accountants<\/strong>. Her greatest passion in research and teaching is the\u00a0 \u2018Giving Voice to Values<\/a>\u2019 (GVV) framework, created by Mary Gentile. GVV represents an action approach to assist individuals in addressing ethical challenges. As co-advisor for Beta Alpha Psi<\/a>, honor society students conduct GVV workshops in the 200 level pre-business classes, also winning the 2014 Ethics Award sponsored by Grant Thornton. Claire\u2019s experience as a professional auditor, currently mentoring and teaching continuing professional education for CPA\u2019s in Oregon, complement both her teaching and research.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Latham and colleagues organized a \u201cboot camp\u201d to help students build learning skills and confidence with the goal to improve performance on their first university exams. The buzz is that test scores improved while students reported less anxiety. Perhaps new students learned something about the discipline of learning that permeates the discipline of accounting while creating success and demand for graduates.<\/p>\n

Courses Taught: Intermediate Accounting I\/II; Auditing; Accounting Systems and Auditing<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Latham_Claire<\/a>Mastering the Magic of Accounting ;\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cGiving voice to ethical values is my greatest passion\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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