About Me
Born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh to proud parents, Dr. Reza Khan and Mrs Nurun Nahar Huda, I came to the UAE in 1984 with my parents at the age of six. I completed her schooling from St. Mary's Catholic High School with distinctions and went on to join the University of Wollongong in Dubai as a student of Computer science in 1997. I completed my Bachelor degree and was immediately recruited as a teaching assistant in 2001. I then went on to complete my Masters degree in International Business Management with distinction in 2004 from the same University. have been a lecturer at the University since 2004 and r ecently completed my PhD doctoral thesis from UOW Australia under full fee-waiver scholarship. I have been involved with restructuring syllabi and curricula development within my faculty since 2004.
Among other things, my passion has been my love for my country and I have been consistently involved in community awareness programs within and out of the University in publicising various contributions of Bangladeshis to the local community, helping integrate the expat and student body to blend together. I helped and encouraged students to start the Amra Notun Bangladesh Expat Student Association at University of Wollongong in Dubai which has been very successful in hosting numerous events involving Bangladesh's art, music, seasons, new year and independence, among others.
I continue to teach at the University and help my community and students in getting reacquainted with their roots and their language.
Early career
I began as a lecturer of Foundaion Mathematics. While teaching the subject in 2005, I was in charge of restructuring Foundation Mathematics to align the subject with its Learning Objectives and cater to the degree requirements. In the process, I introduced the Special Concern Program for Maths where I tagged students who had already passed out of the subject with Distinctions or Higher Disntinctions to tutor weaker students currently enrolled in the subject. This along with the Jeopardy and Mathalon competitions, I turned around the fail rate of the subject from 50% fail rates to 12% fail rate steady in just a year.
Moving towards teaching Ethics
I began teaching Ethics courses in 2009. It was a new experience from teaching technical courses in the past. Soon I realised I had a knack for teaching ethics. Students began to respond to my teaching style and now it is one of my most favourite subjects that students absolutely love to enrol into!
23 years and counting...
I teach on average a class size of 100. My class sizes go as high as 300+. I have taught in total 650 students in one semester, spread across three subjects.
Regardless of my class sizes, my teaching quality and my enthusiasm remain at their highest.
I am currenlty Faculty Lead of research cluster Centre for Academic Integrity which is the working arm of ENAI WG Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, program director for Freshmen, and Assistant Professor of Responsible Management of Information Systems at University of Wollongong in Dubai.
My teaching areas include business and informational ethics, and educational computer applications. I currently teach on University of Wollongong in Dubai’s Bachelor of Information Technology in Management Information Systems programs. I practice a teaching philosophy which centres on guided discovery, immersed in work integrated learning, using classroom discussions, learner-centred approaches, technology, and collaborative group work to engage students in actively constructing meaning whilst exploring ethical dilemmas. My teaching philosophy states ‘my enthusiasm is key, my students’ brains the lock… let’s get picking!’
My research interests are in academic integrity, community informatics, ethics in IT, teaching and learning, and STEM for girls and ha vebeen nominated thrice for the Research Excellence Award by UOWD’s Research Committee, and received the ENAI Research Excxellence Award in 2021.
I am the winner of UOWD Teaching Excellence, Sony Gulf Federal Environment Award, Turnitin Global Innovation Awards: Africa and Middle East Region – Academic Integrity Category 2015 and recently Wollongong Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning 2016 (Australia) and named Top Three Academics of Distinction at the Leadership Excellence for Women Awards MENA 2018, being the only South Asian nominee among 250 entries. Recently I was named among UAE’s 10 most influential educational leaders 2019 by The Knowledge Review, won the Digital Leader Award in Education category from Khaleej Times and MIT Sloan Mgt Review’s Digital Leaders Forum, 2019. I was named 2020 Global Educational Influencer and one of 100 Most Admired People in Education in 2021 by The Excelligent. In 2021, I was recognized for my research contribution by European Network for Academic Integrity as the recipient of their ENAI Research Excellence Award. In 2022, I was honoured to be recognised through Bangladesh Women Association (BAWA) and Consulate General of Bangladesh, Dubai and Northern Emirates for contributions to Women Empowerment in the UAE, and through Consulate General of Bangladesh, Dubai and Northern Emirates for my efforts as an educator and author during their annual Book Fair in Dubai UAE, 2023.
Currently I am on the editorial board of the International Journal for Educational Integrity (SciMago Q1 ranked), International Journal of Multimedia and Its Applications ERA2012 and a Senior Fellow and Executive Committee member of Wollongong Academy of Tertiary Teaching Excellence (WATTLE), Head of Australian-UAE Global Challenges Academic Integrity Project and official author and reviewer for Oxford University Press – Epigeum Academic Integrity Course Module.
In my spare time, I also manage a voluntary foundation for women and girls that advocates for education, hygiene and rights as founding managing director.
I have a proven track record of community engagement and believe in extending services for the benefit of the greater society. Based on my research interests, I conceptualised, initiated and hosted nearly 40 conferences, workshops and other events such as the renowned national-level Mathalon competition for schools, Tech-G STEM camp for girls, Academic Integrity Majlis and Roadshow, and many more.
I have to-date more than 80 publications to my name, am considered a Tier One Public Speaker at events organised by Times Higher Education, QS, regulatory bodies such as Quality and Qualifications Ireland, spoken at major international conference including at Harvard University (USA) and Cambridge University (UK), as invited/guest/key note or lead speaker and been interviewed as lead expert on academic integrity by major newspapers and radio stations nationally and internationally.