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, Brigham Young University–Hawaii
POSITIONS
2024-present Associate Professor of Accounting, BYUH
2017-2024 Assistant Professor of Accounting, BYUH
2015-2016 Special Instructor – In-person and online BYUH
2012-2014 Audit Senior Assistant, Deloitte Honolulu
2011-2012 Financial Services Junior Accountant BYUH
SELECTED 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?”, 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
“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
PUBLISHED WORK
Springer, S., Scanlan, T., & Kimble, J. (2025). Building academic confidence through peer mentoring and motivational modules. Accepted to Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning February, 2025
“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
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)
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
CV Last Revised 8/4/2025