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Dr Angela T. Ragusa

BA Honour's Couse 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 Angela Ragusa
Charles Sturt University School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Building 26
Wagga Wagga Campus NSW 2678 Australia
Ph:(02) 6933 2248
Fax:(02) 6933 2792
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

International teaching experience

Research
Recent publications

· Ragusa, A.T. (2009). Asynchronous communication forums: Improving learning & social engagement among distance education students. Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends. T. Dumova (Ed.), IGI Global.

· Ragusa, A.T. (2009). Sociological insights in structuring Australian distance education. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology, 2 nd Ed.(Vol. 8, pp. 3513-3519), London: Information Science Reference, ISBN: 978-1-60566-026-4.

· Ragusa A. T., Chan A. & Crampton A. (2009). Ipods aren’t just for tunes: Exploring podcasting as a socio-cultural technology facilitating student experiences of higher education in rural Australia.Information Communication and Society, 12(5).

· Crampton A & Ragusa A. T. (2009). My water's fine, isn't it? An exploration of the gendered perception of water quality and security in Australia. Rural Society.

· Crampton, A. & Ragusa, A.T. (2008, December). A Tale of Two Cities: Who has the cleanest drinking water, Melbourne or Sydney? The Australian Sociological Association Conference Proceedings. VIC: The University of Melbourne.

· Ragusa, A. (2008, December). Materialism and Generation Y: Exploring adolescents’ monetary attitudes and practices, The Australian Sociological Association Conference Proceedings, VIC: The University of Melbourne.

· Crampton, A., Ragusa, A. & Vanniasinkam, T. (2008). Microbial vodcasting- supplementing laboratory time with vodcasts of key microbial skills. UniServe Science Symposium, The University of Sydney.

· Ragusa, A.T. (2008, February). Media symbolism, knowledge production and image creation of tree changers in Australia: Tracing the historical development of a new social group and its impact on Australian landscapes. Urban History & Planning Conference. University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, ISSN 978-0-9804744-0-4

· Holden, T. & Ragusa, A. T. (2007) News coverage of Landcare in The Age since the Natural Heritage Trust.Australian Journal of Communication. 34(3), 39-61, ISSN 0811-6202

· Ragusa, A. T. (2007). The impact of socio-cultural factors in multi-cultural virtual communication environments: A case example from an Australian university’s provision of distance education in the global classroom. In St-Amant, K. (Ed.) Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age (pp. 306-27), Idea Group Inc ISBN 978159904218

· Ragusa, A.T. (2007, December). Not all boomers can ski: Australian news media's depiction of baby boomers & “tree change”. The Australian Sociological Association Conference Proceedings, Auckland, NZ: University of Auckland, ISBN 9782868691145

· Ragusa, A.T. & Crampton, A (2007, December). Are there parasites in your water?Sociology of risk & science news.The Australian Sociological Association Conference Proceedings, Auckland, NZ: University of Auckland, ISBN 9782868691145

· Ragusa, A. T. & 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.

· 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 ISSN 1037-1656

· 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.

· Ragusa, A.T. (2005). Social change and the corporate construction of gay markets in The New York Times ’Advertising Business News. Media, Culture & Society, 27(5): 653-676.

· Ragusa, A. T. & Scott, J. (2005, December). For sale – Sex and the country: The benefits of sex work as an occupational choice in NSW, Australia.The Australian Sociological Association Conference Proceedings, Tasmania. Hobart, TAS: University of Tasmania ISBN 0-9598460-5-0

· Ragusa, A. T. (2005, November). American materialism, consumerism and social values: A sociological analysis of social issues and value priorities.Women Doing Research Conference Proceedings, Gladstone, QLD: Central Queensland University ISBN 1-921047-10-0

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