Fall 2021 Virtual Presentation

Kelly Pittman

Kelly Pittman, CPA is an associate professor of accounting in the H-E-B School of Business & Administration. Kelly earned a BBA in Accounting and a MS in Finance from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. After graduating and becoming a certified public accountant, Kelly began a public accounting career in the audit and assurance practice of Ernst & Young. She started her academic teaching career at the University of the Incarnate Word first as an adjunct instructor in 2009 and then as a full-time faculty member in 2010 teaching both undergraduate curriculum and graduate level courses in the Master of Science in Accounting Program.

During her time at UIW, she has focused on professional development and career readiness for her students as a faculty advisor for the Accounting Society and the Business Club. She has been recognized for her efforts in teaching as a Presidential Teaching Award nominee and as a recipient of the Provost’s Legacy teaching award. Kelly previously served on the Senate Executive Council as Senate Treasurer and currently serves as a member of the UIW Honors Council, the Sustainability in Education Committee and the Faculty Development Funds Committee.

Kelly’s scholarship agenda focuses on the topics of technology in teaching pedagogy and business sustainability and reporting. She incorporates the fundamentals of corporate social responsibility in teaching both financial accounting and auditing, striving to highlight new and relevant business applications and regulations to her students in the classroom.

Trish Driskill

Dr. Trish Driskill is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, and serves as the Accounting Society's faculty advisor. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech University, and has a master’s in accounting from Texas Tech University. Her PhD in Business Administration with a specialization in accounting is from Northcentral University. Her scholarship is comprised of several published journal articles, reviewer for AABRI’s Academic Journals, a reviewer of papers for several AAA accounting conferences, and numerous academic conference presentations. Trish's research interests include accounting ethics, service learning, and case studies, but her true passion is classroom teaching. She is the primary instructor in graduate accounting ethics for UIW. At UIW, Trish enjoys advising students on different career paths, and recently initiated a new accounting course in professional practice to enable students to be successful in the profession.

Trish is a CPA, with public accounting experience as an auditor for Ernst & Young, and industry accounting experience as Assistant Controller for a large regional bank. Trish joined UIW in 2015, after a decade of teaching at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas. She and her husband John live in Sabinal, Texas, where he manages their cattle ranching operations.