Accounting Department
Welcome to the Department of Accounting homepage. We are committed to providing quality education, intellectual contributions and service
to El Paso and the West Texas region. Holding separate AACSB International accreditation, the department offers a BBA in Accounting and
a Master of Accountancy with a Financial/Auditing or Tax concentration. Please contact us if you have
any questions concerning our programs, faculty or the University.
The Department of Accounting commits itself to the two ideals of access and excellence. In a region that has been geographically
isolated and characterized by limited economic and educational opportunity, we aspire to act as an educational leader and
model in Texas higher accounting education through the use of continuous improvement processes that ensure its graduates obtain the
best possible accounting education and are competitive in the global marketplace.
Recent Highlights
2012 COBA Teaching and Research Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mary Stevens
Excellence In Graduate Instruction
Dr. Esperanza Huerta
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction
Mary Stevens
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction by a Ph.D Student
Raul Tapia
Stephen Salter
Accounting Department Research Award
"Shades of Gray: An Empirical Examination of Gray's Model of Culture and Income Measurement Practices Using 20-F Data"
Advances in International Accounting
Publications by Esperanza Huerta and TerryAnn Glandon
Framing, decision-aid systems, and culture: Exploring influences on fraud investigations. The International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
Huerta, E., T. Glandon, and Y. Petrides (2012).
Publications by Steven Salter
Salter, S. B., & Lewis, P. A. (2011). Shades of Gray: An empirical examination of Gray's model of culture and income measurement practices using 20-F data. Advances in Accounting, 27(1), 132-142. doi:10.1016/j.adiac.2010.08.008
Publications by Giorgio Gotti
March 2012
Eighteen members attended the Beta Alpha Psi Regional Conference in San Antonio, March 2-4, 2012. Nasser Ikhlail, Gloria Michelle
Diaz de Leon Gonzalez and Iris Smith won first place in the Best Practices session. The project theme was "Out of the Box," which
described the chapter’s assistance in starting a Beta Alpha Psi chapter at the university in Juarez. "Using Incentives to Keep Members
Active" was presented in a non-competitive session by Jorge Banos, Edith Suarez and Jose Ramos. They offered several ideas for
activities and community projects to involve student members.
January 2012
Dr. Raymond Zimmermann retires after many years of service to UTEP.
October 2011
In October 2011, Giorgio Gotti and Stephen Salter attended the Contemporary
Accounting Research Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Conference is
sponsored by the Contemporary Accounting Research Journal, one of the top
four accounting research journals. 
The conference is by invitation only and
selects less than 3% of the eligible professors to share in a symposium of its
newest academic papers in accounting. This is the third year UTEP faculty have
attended. For the first time, one of our accounting doctoral students, Elizabeth
Devos, was invited to participate in the doctoral consortium that precedes the
conference. Elizabeth subsequently joined Drs. Gotti and Salter at the main
conference. The picture shows Dr. Steve Salterio, the Editor of the
Contemporary Accounting Research Journal between Drs. Salter and Gotti.
Throughout the conference Dr. Salterio wore the very comfortable and distinctive
black hat presented to him on his visit to UTEP in 2010.
May 2011
Beta Alpha Psi Wins Campus Awards
February 2011
Ada Paniagua and Alejandra Montalvo Named Outstanding Accounting Students
