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Tialei Scanlan

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Business & Government

Heber J Grant Building 257

Degrees Earned:


2023 Doctor of Philosophy from the College of Education: Learning Technology and Design, University of Hawaii- Manoa
2015 Master of Business Administration, Accounting emphasis, University of Hawaii- Manoa
2012 Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Corporate Finance

Positions:


2017-present Assistant Professor of Accounting, Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYUH)
2015-2016 Special Instructor – In-person and online (BYU-H)
2012-2014 Audit Senior Assistant, Deloitte Honolulu
2011-2012 Financial Services Junior Accountant (BYU-H)

Working Papers:

“How do Accountants Rank Skills? A comparative study between accounting students and alumni practitioners”, Jason Chen, Jennifer Chen, Tialei Scanlan, Spencer Scanlan, (Submitted to Accounting Educators’ Journal, Revise and Resubmit May 2024).

 “Building Academic Confidence through Peer Mentoring and Motivational Module” Ann Springer, Julie Kimble, Tialei Scanlan, (In final stages of publishing)

 “Faculty and Student Perceptions of Accounting Education Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What should stay and what should go?” Tialei Scanlan, Nathaniel Stephens, Jeff Strain, Brent White (In data analysis)

Academic Conference Presentations and Proceedings:


“Students’ perception of vocabulary interventions in a university accounting course”, Veronica Wright, Leola Solis, Tialei Scanlan – Community Languages Association of New Zealand (CLESOL), Wellington, NZ, April 2024

“Integrating web-based technology to enhance an accounting class: Student response systems’ gamified instruction” Tialei Scanlan, Leola Solis, Veronica Wright, Hawai’i International Conference on Education, January 2024

“Connecting disparate data sources to understand access, engagement and collaboration in a Community of Practice in STEM”, Spencer Scanlan, Aime Black, Tania Jarosewich, Angela Skeeles-Worley, Tialei Scanlan – American Evaluation Association, Indianapolis, IN, October 2023

How do Accountants Rank Skills? A comparative study between accounting students and alumni practitioners”, Jason Chen, Jennifer Chen, Spencer Scanlan, Tialei Scanlan – Florida Behavioral Accounting Research Symposium, Orlando, FL, October 2023

 “How do Accountants Rank Skills?”, Jason Chen, Jennifer Chen, Spencer Scanlan, Tialei Scanlan – European Accounting Association, Espoo, Finland, May 2023

 “STEM K-12 Outcomes Assessment Study” Tara Strang, Tania Jarosewich, Angela Skeeles-Worley, Tialei Scanlan, Aime Black, 2023 Data Foundation: 2023 Research Symposium in conjunction with The George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, Virtually Presented, May 2023.

 “Examining Factors that Contribute to College Success in American Samoa using Cross-classified Multilevel Logistic Regression”, Spencer Scanlan, Tialei Scanlan – American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2023

 “Peer mentoring: Implementing Business Communication Course Content to Improve Communication Skills and Performance Outcomes of Underperforming Business Students”, Julie Kimble, Ann Springer, and Tialei Scanlan – ABC Western Regional 2023 Laie, HI, February 2023

 “A Multilevel Exploration of College Readiness in American Samoa”, Spencer Scanlan, Tialei Scanlan – American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2022

 “Bridging the Gap of Discontinuity between the Pacific Cultural Identifiers and Academic Indicators in the Classroom for Greater Academic Success for Pacific Islanders”, Hiagi Wesley, Spencer Scanlan, Tialei Scanlan – Tonga Research Association, Laie, HI, September 2021

“Data-driven decisions! Introduction to Data Analytics for Accounting Mini Course”, Tialei Scanlan, Jewel Mahoe - Technology, Colleges and Community Worldwide Online Conference, Honolulu, HI, April 2021

Published work:


“Applying Gamification to Undergraduate Accounting Education: A Mixed Methods Study” [Dissertation] Published to ScholarSpace, February 2024

Scanlan, T., Solis, L., & Wright, V. (2024). Integrating ESL vocabulary instruction into an accounting class, TESOL Communications 3(1), 87-106. https://www.tesolcommunications.com/journal/details/info/dNDEu9NThm/Integrating-ESL-Vocabulary-Instruction-into-an-Accounting-Class

 Wood, D. A., M. Achhpilia, M. T., Adams, T. A. Scanlan, et al. 2023. The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot: How well does it answer accounting assessment questions? Issues in Accounting Education. https://doi.org/10.2308/ISSUES-2023-013

Invited Presentations:


Faculty Moderator for the Undergraduate Research Conference – 2023, 2024
The Center for Teaching and Learning Panel on ChatGPT – March 2023
Guest Speaker for Psychology Club – Insights around Graduate School – March 2023
Guest Speaker for Samoan Club – Devotional – Encouraging students to work hard in any field/major and how students can be successful in the future – November 2023
Guest Speaker for Professional Accounting Society – Career night – Fall 2021
Guest Speaker for Leilehua high school accounting class - class – Possibility, Prestige & Potential – Benefits of being a CPA – December 2020
Guest Speaker for McKinley high school accounting class – Possibility, Prestige & Potential – Benefits of being a CPA – November 2020
Guest Speaker for UH Manoa Accounting Club and Beta Alpha Psi – COVID 19 and the Accounting Profession – October 2020
Guest Speaker for My Leadership Story – BYU-Hawaii Management Society - February 2019
Guest presenter for continued professional education of internal audit workers - topics included Risk Assessment during Audit Planning and The Inside Scoop on working for a Big 4 - July 2018.
Guest Speaker for Professional Accounting Society – Career night – Fall 2017
 

Teaching Experience:


Accounting Courses taught at BYU Hawaii include:
International Accounting (Acct 440)
Auditing (Acct 365)
Intermediate Accounting (Acct 302)
Introduction to Managerial Accounting (Acct 203)
Introduction to Financial Accounting (Acct 201)
Finance and Accounting Software and Applications (Acct 231)

Continuing Education Seminars:


Dissertation Credit (LTEC 800, 1 credit)
Introduction to Meta-Analysis (7 Hours, PD, April 2023)
Three Approaches to Qualitative Data Analysis (4 Hours, PD, May,2022)
CITI Program: IRB Member Basic/Refresher course for IRB Members (April 2022)
Seminar in Educational Technology Theory (LTEC 760, 6 credits)
Mixed Methods Research Design (LTEC 780, 3 credits)
Research Seminar in Educational Technology Issues (LTEC 750E, 3 credits)
Designing eLearning Environments (LTEC 632, 3 credits)
Quantitative Research in Educational Technology (LTEC 668, 3 credits)
Instructional Design Studio (LTEC 701, 3 credits)
Planning for Tech & Resources (LTEC 673, 3 credits)
Qualitative Research in Educational Technology (LTEC 667, 3 credits)
Design thinking (LTEC 661, 3 credits)
Introduction to e-learning (LTEC 612, 3 credits)
Research Design: Multiple Methods and Traditions (LTEC 665, 3 credits
Seminar in Ed Tech Issues: Online Communities (LTEC 750c, 3 credits)
Social and Ethical Issues in Educational Technology (LTEC 676)
AERA virtual research learning series “How to Get Published: Guidance from Emerging and Established Scholar” – May 2020
Edward D. Smith, Center for Learning and Teaching – Colloquium on Teaching seminar (Winter, 2019)
Data Analytics Course (2019, 10 credits)
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (2018, 2019 12 credits)
Hawaii Ethics (2017, 2019 4 credits)
HSCPA 2018 Technology Conference for Accountants (12 credits)
CPA License CPE total requirements (80 hours biennially)

Awards/Honours:


Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section, “2024 KPMG Outstanding Dissertation Award”, July 2024
Graduate Certificate of Online Learning and Teaching Certificate, May 2021
Certified Public Accountant as of January 2014
TERP 10 certified for the Enterprise Resource Planning system SAP, June 2012
Top Accounting Student recognition for graduating class, April 2012

Professional Organizations I Am Associated with:


American Evaluation Association (since October 2023)
Pi Lambda Theta (one of the nation’s most prestigious education honour societies) (Since March 2023)
American Educational Research Association (since March 2022)
International Academic Forum Board (IAFOR) (since March 2022)
Women in Academia (WIA) BYU-Hawaii (since January 2021)
Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants – Young CPA’s committee member (since September 2020)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (since August 2019)
BYU-Hawaii Professional Accounting Society Advisor (2018-2022)
Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants (since August 2014)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (since January 2014)

CV Last Revised 6/12/2024