Dr Angela T. Ragusa
Discipline Coordinator
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University –
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Ph.D. Sociology May, 2003
MS Science & Technology Studies May, 2000
MS Sociology May, 1998
St. Francis College – Brooklyn, New York, USA -
BA Psychology February, 1993
Angela Ragusa
Bio
Born and raised in New York City, prior to academia Angela worked for the United Nations, investment banks and law firms. Since moving to Australia, she has worked at Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, the University of New England. Currently a Sociology Lecturer at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga NSW, Angela resides with her partner, Weimeraner, cattle dog and too many cats and is a yoga instructor, a passion pursued since 1995.
Teaching
- Advanced Social Theory
- Community Analysis
- Environment & Society
- Introductory Sociology
- Introduction to Politics & Policy
- Science in Society
- Social Psychology
- Social Theory
International teaching experience
- Deviant Behavior
- Gender Relations
- Gender & Science
- Individual in Society
- Introductory Sociology
- Social Research Methods
Research
- Social Change, Problems & Inequality - Class, Gender, Culture & Sexuality institutional & attitudinal change in a) the media b) time use, leisure & materialism/consumerism c) land use, migration & tree change
- Political Sociology, Social Movements & Social Control
- policy & domestic violence, sex workers, environmentalists, mental health
- Sociology of Science, History, Knowledge & Power
- technology & distance education, discourse analysis & theory
Recent publications
Ragusa, A. T. (2007). The impact of socio-cultural factors in multi-cultural virtual communication environments. In St-Amant, K. (Ed.) Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age, Idea Group Inc.
Ragusa, A. T. and Holden, T. (2006). Social change in The Australian’s media representation of corporate news reporting on two environmental organizations (Greenpeace & Landcare) in the millennium. The Centre for Social Change Research 2006 Conference Proceedings, November, 2006, Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
Ragusa, A. T. (2006). Student expectations of distance education: A qualitative analysis exploring the culture, virtual geography and sociology of higher education at an Australian University. In Purnell, K., Lidstone, J. & Hodgson, S. (Eds.) Changes in Geographical Education: Past, Present and Future (pp. 353-357), Brisbane, QLD: Queensland University of Technology.
Ragusa, A.T. (2006). The cultural geography of homosexuality in the United States. In Lidstone, J. (Ed.) Cultural Issues of Our Time (pp. 188-201), Cambridge University Press.
Scott, J., Hunter, J., Hunter, V. & Ragusa, A.T. (2006). Sex outside the city: Sex work in rural and regional New South Wales. Rural Society, 16 (2): 151-167.
Membership of professional associations and groups
- Australian Red Cross
- Centre for Rural Social Research
- Institute for Land, Water and Society
- Wagga Wagga Civic Trust
