Marie Kelly

Marie Kelly received her Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from SFA. She also is a Texas teacher certified in mathematics and business. Kelly taught at Douglass Independent School District for 13 years where she coached students in University Interscholastic League competitions in accounting and computer information systems. Kelly has served SFA’s Schlief School of Accountancy as a lecturer and adjunct faculty member. Her industry experience includes working in public accounting and private industry in Houston, Lufkin and Nacogdoches. Her research interests include learning techniques among undergraduate accounting students, and she has developed simulations and experiential-learning projects for her courses. As a published scholar, Kelly has work featured in the Journal of Accounting and Finance and Journal of College Teaching and Learning. She is active in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of CPAs and the East Texas Chapter of CPAs. In 2015, she received the TSCPA’s Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.