EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, Washington and Lee University School of Law- Lexington Virginia, May 2000
- International Law Program research assistant, Negotiations Competition
Bachelor of Arts in English, Brigham Young University Hawaii-Laie Hawaii, Dec 1995
- Summa Cum laude, valedictorian , Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship recipient
Certificate in Language Proficiency, Central China Normal University- Wuhan, People's Republic of China, Aug- Dec 1993
- Highly Intensive Mandarin language study following mission to Taiwan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Religious Education/ Associate Professor, Faculty of Religious Education, BYU-Hawaii , Laie Hawaii Aug 2021 -Present
- Direct the work of the Faculty of Religious Education, including scheduling classroom observations, in-service training, and faculty reviews
Courses taught : REL 250 Jesus Christ and His Everlasting Gospel ; REL 225 Foundations of the Restoration
Coordinator, Seminaries & Institutes of Religion- Laie, Hawaii, May 2012-Aug 2021
- Taught several semesters of each of the Cornerstone Courses- REL 200 The Eternal Family ; REL 225 Foundations of the Restorations; REL 250 Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel; and REL 275 Teachings and Doctrines of the Book of Mormon.
- Taught several semesters of scripture-based courses in the Book of Mormon , Doctrine & Covenants , Old Testament, New Testament, and Pearl of Great Price.
- Worked effectively with priesthood leaders and trained 100+ stake called teachers in five stakes to fulfill the Objective of Seminaries & Institutes.
Special Instructor/ Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University Hawaii- Laie Hawaii,
- Helped over 200 students increase skills and confidence in gospel teaching, Sep 2013-June 2021
- 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, Jan -Apr 1996
Attorney / Partner, Ashford & Wriston LLLP- Honolulu Hawaii August 2000, June 2012
- 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 clients in several real estate and business matters, commercial acquisitions and leasing and intellectual property matters.
PUBLICATIONS
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, 2024,
“Corporate Dissolution,'” Corporations Manual, 2 ed. (Honolulu: Hawaii State Bar Association, 2011). Sept, 2011
- Authored chapter on how to dissolve corporations under Hawaii’s Business Corporations Act.
- Presented on a panel with other authors at the Hawaii State Bar Convention in 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Featured guest on Kerry Muhlestein’s “The Scriptures are Real” podcast, discussing Mosiah 26-28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=segSYAGtr9k&t=343s May 2024
Moderator for "Hawaii and Human Dignity "panel at the Oceania Perspectives in Human Dignity " Conference, BYU Hawaii, April 24-25, 2024 -April 2024
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,” presentation at Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in the Pacific and Asia conference, BYU-Hawaii, March 4, 2023. March 2023
Last Revised June 6, 2024
