Rashina Hoda

Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Professor of Software Engineering, Monash University/Faculty of Information Technology

Professor Hoda is a world-leading researcher, an award-winning educator, an inspirational speaker and a passionate champion of girls and women in STEM.

Serving as Associate Dean Equity Diversity and Inclusion at the Faculty of IT and Deputy Director of the HumaniSE Lab at Monash University, not only does she ensure that people remain at the heart of software, but she's also a specialist with more than 15 years' experience in revolutionary agile approaches and qualitative research with socio-technical grounded theory captured in her 2024 Springer book.

In 2021 Professor Hoda was elected one of 60 Superstars of STEM in the country – a prestigious role that elevated her advocacy of women in STEM. She also delivered a TEDxAuckland talk on Agile Nations in 2019 which delved into how countries respond to crises.

Professor Hoda actively serves the international software engineering research community as associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. She serves as the general chair of the Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) conference co-located with the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) and co-chair of Diversity and Inclusion at the Foundations on Software Engineering (FSE 2024).