Vitae

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Sarah T. Pitts

Rank: Associate Professor of Business

Tenure/Nontenure: Nontenure

Department: School of Business

Year Joined Institution: 1999

Teaching Experience:

1986-1987 East Tennessee State University
1988-1990 Jackson State University
1989-1990 Hinds Community College
1991 University of Mississippi, School of Allied Health
1989-1998 Mississippi College
1996-1997 Director Master of Health Science Program Mississippi College
1994-1997 Attorney for Mississippi College
1998-1999 University of Memphis
1999-present Christian Brothers University

Areas of Involvement:

Secretary—Faculty Assembly 2001-2002
Vice-President—Faculty Assembly 2002-2003
President—Faculty Assembly 2003-2004
Curriculum Committee 2002-2002
Calendar Committee 2002-2003
Editor of Journal for Academy of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues
of Allied Academies 2000-present
Editor of Journal of Health Care Management
of Allied Academies 2004-present

Teaching

• Business Law I
• Business Law II
• Law, Business and Society
• Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
• Law for Medical Records Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Finance
• Tax
   o Individual
   o Corporate
   o Planning
• Finance/Business Law
• Principles of Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Principles of Marketing
• Collective Bargaining
• Microeconomics

II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Degrees:
   • University of Houston Doctor of Jurisprudence 1980
   • University of Houston Master of Business Administration — Emphasis — finance 1978
   • Lenoir Rhyne College Bachelor of Science — Biology 1974

Continuing Education:

Course for Rule 31 mediation (40 hours) May 2001

Arbitration seminar (Tennessee Bar) November 2001

Real Property Update November 2001
November 2004
Tennessee Law Institute, annual update October 2001
October 2002
October 2003
October 2004

Attended, chair sessions, and presented papers at the Allied Academies
Conferences:
Myrtle Beach, SC, April 2000
Maui, HI, October 2000
Nashville, TN, April 2001
Las Vegas, NV, October 2001
Nashville, TN, April 2002
Las Vegas, NV, October 2002
Tunica, MS, April 2003
Las Vegas, NV, October 2003
Maui, HI, October 2004

Participated in the Allied Academies On Line Conferences 2004.

Attended the AACSB Cont. Improvement Symposium, St. Louis, MO, October 2001

III. PRIOR EXPERIENCE NOT IN EDUCATION

1980 Tax Staff
Arthur Anderson and Company
Houston, TX

1981 Tax Counsel and Assistant General Counsel
American Crude, Inc.
Houston, TX

1983 Tax Attorney
Sohio Petroleum Company
Houston, TX

1985 Attorney
Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf
Johnson City, TN

1985 Licensed Real Estate Agent
Coldwell Banker, Security Real Estate
Johnson City, TN

1986 Private Practice of Law
Sarah T. Pitts, Attorney at Law
Mountain Home, TN

1988 Private Practice of Law
Sarah T. Pitts, Attorney at Law
Jackson, MS

1988 Licensed Real Estate Agent
Coldwell Banker, First Realty
Jackson, MS

1997 Licensed Real Estate Broker
Jackson, MS

1998 Private Practice of Law
Flora, MS and Memphis, TN

IV. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND LICENSES

Rule 31 Mediator, 2001
Continuing

State of Mississippi, 1988
License to Practice Law
Mississippi Bar Association
License still active

Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1985
License to Practice Law
Tennessee Bar Association
License still active

United States Court of Appeals, 1981
5th and 11th Circuit Courts
Continuing

United States Tax Court, 1981
Continuing

Supreme Court, State of Texas, 1980
License to Practice Law
Texas Bar Association
License still active