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Become a star in the Department of Accounting! Our accounting program is designed to prepare students to thrive in any number of careers within this increasingly complex and challenging profession. Our program maintains high standards and is separately accredited by AACSB, the premier business accrediting agency.

We offer a traditional four-year accounting major as well as the Accelerated Program in Accounting that allows undergraduate accounting students to obtain an undergraduate degree and a master's degree in accountancy in five years.

At the graduate level, the department offers a Master of Accountancy degree that combines foundational knowledge with focus areas in audit, data analytics/information security and taxation as well as a Ph.D. concentration in accounting. 

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Main Campus, Business Building (BB), 4.01.12
Monday thru Friday | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
210-458-4320

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Harrison Liu, PhD

Accounting

harrison.liu@utsa.edu

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Department Profile

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Accounting Faculty

Sayed Akbari

Assistant Professor of Practice, Accounting

Hunter Aku

Assistant Professor, Accounting

Will Anding, PhD

Assistant Professor, Accounting

Jeff Boone, PhD

Professor, Accounting

Reid Conrad

Lecturer, Accounting

Stacy Conrad, MS, CPA

Associate Professor of Practice, Accounting

Jim Cox, CPA

Assistant Professor of Practice, Dean's Office

Nicholas Granado, JD, CPA

Associate Professor of Practice, Accounting

Thomas Jackson, CPA

Lecturer, Accounting

Patrick Lee, MSA, CPA

Associate Professor of Practice, Graduate Advisor of Record - Masters of Accountancy, Accounting

Harrison Liu, PhD

Department Chair in Accounting, Associate Professor, Accounting

Dennis M. Lopez, PhD, CPA

Associate Professor, Accounting

Juan Mao, PhD

Associate Professor, Accounting

Emeka Nwaeze, PhD

Professor, Accounting

Teena Philip

Assistant Professor, Accounting

K.K. Raman, PhD

Glenn L. & Sally P. Ramsdell Memorial Chair for Accounting, Professor, Accounting

Manuel Rodriguez, JD

Lecturer, Accounting

Daniela Sanchez, PhD

Assistant Professor, Accounting

Juan Manuel Sanchez, PhD

Charlie and Ann Bohl Deacon Endowed Chair, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Success and Research, Professor, Accounting

David Stroud, PhD, CPA

Assistant Professor, Accounting

Judy Trevino

Lecturer, Accounting

Linda Vaello, MBA, CPA

Associate Professor of Practice, Undergraduate Advisor of Record, Accounting

Zhongxia (Shelly) Ye, PhD

Associate Professor, Accounting

Jennifer Yin, PhD, CPA

Professor, Accounting Internship Coordinator, Accounting

Chanyuan (Abigail) Zhang Parker

Assistant Professor, Accounting

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March 17, 2026

Accounting Faculty Member Uses AI to Predict Financial Reporting Errors

Published by Alvarez College of Business

What if auditors could predict when errors are more likely to occur in financial reporting? Instead of simply improving techniques for detecting errors, they could focus on how to stop them from happening.

January 26, 2026

Accounting Advocate

Published by Alvarez College of Business

Advocating for his profession and his alma mater, Derek Schriver, ’05, MS ’07 has made it his mission to help other Roadrunners succeed.

December 5, 2025

MACY Graduate Lauren Valadez Begins New Career at Forvis Mazars

Published by Alvarez College of Business

When Lauren Valadez, ’24 walks the stage this December earning her graduate degree in accounting, she’ll be celebrating resilience, a newfound confidence in her profession and years of perseverance that have led her a full-time accounting role with Forvis Mazars.