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Rashina Hoda is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology, at Monash University, Australia. She serves as Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion), introducing an intersectional lens to the portfolio. Hoda earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours Distinction) in Computer Science from Louisiana State University and a PhD in Computer Science from Victoria University of Wellington, with her thesis "Self-Organising Agile Teams: A Grounded Theory." Previously associated with the University of Auckland, she received the Teaching Excellence Award from its Faculty of Engineering in 2018.
Her research examines the human and socio-technical aspects of Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Health. Hoda authored the 2024 Springer book "Qualitative Research with Socio-Technical Grounded Theory." Influential publications include "Self-organizing roles on agile software development teams" (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2013), "Multi-level agile project management challenges: A self-organizing team perspective" (Journal of Systems and Software, 2016), "The rise and evolution of agile software development" (IEEE Software, 2018), and "Pandemic programming: How COVID-19 affects software developers and how their organizations can help" (Empirical Software Engineering, 2020). Recent works feature "Guiding principles for mixed methods research in software engineering" (Empirical Software Engineering, 2025), "Manifestations of Empathy in Software Engineering: How, Why, and When It Matters" (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2025), and "Generative AI for Software Project Management: Insights from a Review of Software Practitioner Literature" (IEEE Software, 2025). Awards include the 2025 Top Researcher in Software Systems by The Australian, Guiding Star Mentorship Award (2024 Women of Colour in STEM Awards), Superstars of STEM (Science & Technology Australia, 2021-22), Distinguished Paper Award (ICSE, 2017), and Distinguished Reviewer Award (ICSE, 2020). She serves on editorial boards for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2020–) and IEEE Software (2018–). Hoda leads projects like DHCRC Translational DH Research Fellowship and contributes to RAISE, aligning with UN SDGs on health, education, energy, and peace. She presented the TEDx talk "Agile Nation: New Zealand's response to terrorism" (2019).
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