Dr. Acram Latiph, Executive Director

Dr. Acram A. Latiph is the Executive Director of the Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao and a Professor of the Department of Economics, Mindanao State University – Marawi Campus. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Economics from San Beda College, MS Finance from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Advance Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Executive Master Public Policy from the Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, New York, and his PhD in Development Economics from the Australian National University. His PhD Dissertation “What’s Wrong with Mindanao? The Unequal Development in the Philippines” is nominated to ANU Award for Academic Excellence of the Australian National University. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the Australian Leadership Award Scholarship and the NISGP Scholarship. His research interests are peace and conflict studies, socio-economic development, regional planning, and development, Bangsamoro issues, Islamic finance and banking, and peace and conflict studies. He is a consultant of various government institutions, international organizations, and civil society groups. Dr. Latiph contributed to various development plans, poverty alleviation measures, socioeconomic impact assessments, peace, conflict, and PCVE studies as well as research on political economy in Bangsamoro. He is a consultant of various international, local, and government institutions. He is one of the consultants of the Provincial Government of the Lanao del Sur that crafted socio-economic and poverty alleviation programs the substantially decreased poverty incidence.

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Susan Jensen, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting, management accounting, external auditing, tax accounting and cost accounting. Accounting information systems are designed to support accounting functions and related activities. Financial accounting focuses on the reporting of an organization’s financial information, including the preparation of financial statements, to the external users of the information, such as investors.

Currently, Professor John is focusing his research on individual investor behavior and company incentives to better understand how disclosure affects stock returns and to uncover possible mispricing. Nevertheless, John is conducting an new way of examination of analyst access to information, and he is investigating market reactions to natural issues and the impact that would occur on individual firms.

Education

  • Ph.D., Accounting & Finance, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
  • M.S.F., Finance, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2006
  • M.B.A., Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, 1983

Publications

  • The primary market value innovations of newly public firms
  • Auditor Tenure and Quality of Financial Report
  • Unexpected Fees and the Prediction of Material Weaknesses

Skills

Business Planning90%
Business Law70%
Lecture Skill100%