CURRICULUM VITAE
AARON M. SHUMWAY
55-451 Naniloa Loop, Laie, HI 96762 · (808) 783-0558 · aaron.shumway@byuh.edu
EDUCATION
May 2000 Juris Doctor, Washington and Lee University School of Law – Lexington, Virginia
- · International Law Program research assistant; Negotiations Competition.
Dec. 1995 Bachelor of Arts in English, Brigham Young University-Hawaii – Laie, Hawaii
- Summa cum laude; valedictorian; Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship recipient.
Aug. – Dec. 1993 Certificate in Language Proficiency, Central China Normal University – Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
- Highly intensive Mandarin language study following mission to Taiwan; translated for Elder John H. Groberg in 1995 trip to China to establish sister-school relations between BYUH and CCNU.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Aug 2021 - present Associate Professor, Faculty of Religious Education, BYU-Hawaii – Laie, Hawaii
- · Served as Director of Religious Education from Aug. 2021 to January 2026, directing the work of faculty, including scheduling, classroom observations, inservice training and faculty reviews.
- Courses taught: REL 225 Foundations of the Restoration; REL 250 Jesus Christ and His Everlasting Gospel; REL 290 The Divine Gift of Forgiveness; BUSM 342 Business Law and Ethics
May 2012 – Aug 2021 Coordinator, Seminaries & Institutes of Religion – Laie, Hawaii
- Taught several semesters of the Cornerstone Courses - REL 200 The Eternal Family; REL 225 Foundations of the Restoration; REL 250 Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel; and REL 275 Teachings and Doctrine of the Book of Mormon.
- Taught scripture-based courses in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, Old Testament, New Testament, and Pearl of Great Price.
- Emphasized teaching Christ-centered, learner-focused classes with doctrinal purity. · Worked effectively with priesthood leaders and trained 100+ stake-called teachers in five stakes to fulfill the Objective of Seminaries & Institutes.
- Grew the multi-stake Laie Institute program to an enrollment of 150 students.
Sep. 2013 – present; Jan. – April 1996 Special Instructor / Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University-Hawaii – Laie, Hawaii
- Helped over 200 students increase skills and confidence in gospel teaching.
- · Prepared students for possible religious education careers in Church schools in the South Pacific.
- Taught three freshman English classes the semester after graduating from BYU-Hawaii.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug 2000 - June 2012
- Attorney / Partner, Ashford & Wriston LLLP – Honolulu, Hawaii · Co-founded the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice group as a first-year associate and helped grow it to a thriving portfolio; chaired the firm’s Marketing Committee.
- Advised the Church in several real estate transactions, including consolidation and re-subdivision of land underlying the Laie Hawaii Temple.
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming Aaron M. Shumway, “‘This commandment they observe to keep’: The Generational Promises of Lamanite Obedience to God’s Laws of Marriage and Sexual Purity” to be published in The Interpreter in Fall 2026.
Forthcoming Aaron M. Shumway, “‘They have christened the house ‘Zion’: The Oldest Standing Meetinghouse in the South Pacific – Takaroa, French Polynesia” to be published in Pacific Studies Journal in Fall 2026 or Winter 2027.
October 2025 Aaron M. Shumway and Eliza May Villanueva Shumway, “‘Be Not Weary in Well Doing,’ Josefina Villanueva and the Growth of the Church in the Philippines,” Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in the Pacific and Asia, Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2025.
Sep. 2011 Aaron M. Shumway, “Corporate Dissolution,'” Corporations Manual, 2 ed. (Honolulu: Hawaii State Bar Association, 2011).
PRESENTATIONS
June 2026 "This is an hard saying’: A Pattern for Helping Students Deal With Difficult Prophetic Teachings,” presented at the CES Religious Educators Conference held at BYU on June 5, 2026.
May 2026 "This commandment they observe to keep’: The Generational Promises of Lamanite Obedience to God’s Laws of Marriage and Sexual Purity,” presented at the 2026 Small Plates Conference sponsored by the Interpreter Foundation and held at BYU on May 29-30, 2026
Last Revised June 24 2026
