Rate My Professor Tas Husain

Tasneem (Tas) Husain is a Senior Lecturer and distinguished lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University's Business School. She possesses a robust background in finance, with extensive industry experience as a trader on the London Metal Exchange and as a commercial manager managing significant transactions. Having lived and worked in Dubai, London, and New York, Husain brings a global perspective and deep understanding of diversity to her teaching and leadership roles. Her academic career includes prior appointments at the University of Wollongong in Dubai and Southern Cross University. At Macquarie, she serves as Faculty Lead for Sessional Academic Staff Engagement, organizing workshops such as 'Excellence in Teaching,' leading projects to enhance hiring practices, and promoting professional development, equity, diversity, and inclusion for sessional staff. Husain's teaching philosophy emphasizes a community of inquiry, creating democratic, rigorous, reflective, and inclusive learning environments where students are reflective, reasonable, and judicious. She employs active learning strategies, curriculum innovations, storytelling, and theatrical delivery—describing teaching as 90% theatre—to bridge theory and practice, drawing from her corporate experience. She has developed new units, led transitions to online learning, and achieved high student satisfaction ratings.