Dr Ushi Ghoorah is a Lecturer in Accounting and Academic Program Advisor for Postgraduate Accounting and Financial Planning in the School of Business at Western Sydney University. She teaches postgraduate accounting core units, including Company Accounting (ACCT7010), and the MBA subject Information for Decision Making (ACCT7015). Her teaching approach emphasises authentic, student-centred learning through innovative assessment design, digital storytelling, and interactive oral assessments that foster engagement, inclusion, and employability.

Ushi received her PhD from Western Sydney University, where her doctoral research examined the drivers of accounting disclosures in Australian not-for-profit (NFP) annual reports. Her current research explores financial and service performance reporting, governance, and accountability in the NFP sector, with a particular focus on how board expertise, technical capacity, and stakeholder perceptions influence transparency and trust.

She has served as Chief Investigator on three projects funded by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), producing commissioned reports on Service Performance Reporting, Connectivity of Financial and Non-Financial Information, and an Updated Literature Review on Private Sector NFP Reporting (2025). Collectively, these projects provide critical insights into the development of principles-based reporting frameworks and the assurance of service performance information in the Australian NFP context.

Her work has been published in leading journals such as Humanities and Social Sciences Communications and Accounting Forum, and presented at national and international conferences. Ushi also contributes to policy and professional practice as a member of the AASB Standards Advisory Panel, Chair of the AFAANZ Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Special Interest Group (SIG 6), Executive Member and Honorary Treasurer of the Australasian Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANZTSR), and committee member of CPA Australia’s NFP Committee (NSW Division).

At Western Sydney University, Ushi leads curriculum development and quality assurance initiatives across postgraduate accounting programs, aligning assessment, accreditation, and learning design to contemporary professional standards. She was recognised with the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2025) for her leadership in digital innovation and authentic assessment.

Her broader interests include accountability and governance in the NFP sector, assurance of service performance information, and the integration of financial and non-financial reporting to strengthen transparency and stakeholder trust.