true01/14/2026Professor adds value for budding accountantsDr. Jan Williams, CPA, brings her students a wealth of expertise having spent time as an auditor and an accounting manager. Learn how she keeps adapting her lessons, what she’s still learning and why accounting has always been—and remains—a viable career option. Charles Street ChatsJan Williams laughs during an interview while sitting in a window seat in the campus library.It’s my desire when students graduate that they graduate not just with a degree, but with a job, and then also a dream job in mind—where they would want to be maybe 10-20 years down the road.Jan Williamsprofessor of accounting Faculty: Jan WilliamsMerrick School of Business