Dr. Claire Costin (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the Pamplin School of Business at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at San Antonio, her Master in Business Administration (MBA) from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Diversity, Public Interest, and Forensic sections of the American Accounting Association. She is also a licensed CPA in the state of Texas, and she worked in practice as a nonprofit auditor before pursuing a Ph.D.

Dr. Costin’s research interests reside at the intersection of social justice issues and accounting. She also researches fraud/forensic accounting and earnings management. Current research projects explore the effect of implicit bias on fraud investigations, which are featured in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Forensic Accounting Research; factors that affect whistleblowing; race and sexuality intersectionality issues; and the state of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the accounting profession. She is also involved in research about understanding the challenges facing the pipeline to the accounting profession in collaboration with a large state CPA society.

Dr. Costin teaches in the areas of financial accounting, auditing, accounting ethics, and forensic accounting, and she enjoys sharing her research findings with students and engaging them in conversations about how human behavior impacts the accounting profession. She is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Inclusive Teacher-Scholar program at the University of Portland and prioritizes equity-focused and inclusive instruction in the classroom.

Dr. Costin is the Treasurer of the Alpha Phi Foundation, which raises funds to support scholarship and leadership programs for young women, as well as issuing grants for women’s heart health research. She served on the Alumnae Task Force on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access for Alpha Phi International Fraternity and currently serves in several other volunteer capacities for the organization. Dr. Costin’s interests include cooking, gardening, and adventuring in the Pacific Northwest with her two golden retrievers.

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