Dr Ingrid Muenstermann
Lecturer
Ingrid Muenstermann
Bio
Ingrid is interested in the question what holds society together and in all areas relating to migrants, ethnicity, integration, inequality, acculturation, multiculturalism, health and mental health, the rural society and globalisation, fame and social control, and sociological explanation for all of this. She was born and raised in Germany, arrived in Australia in 1973, worked as a secretary, entered university at a mature age student, and progressed quite nicely and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1997.
Ingrid has previously taught in South Australia at Flinders University (Sociology) and at Adelaide University (German Language, Literature and History). Currently she is working on a joint research project (with universities in Germany and Japan) on the topic of gene modification. She is also looking at the plight of carers of persons with a mental illness; and, together with a colleague from Social Work, she is developing a research project into the Smith-Magenis Syndrome.
Ingrid and Troy Whitford from the History Discipline, organised a conference regarding Cross Boundary (Communal) Farming which took place in September 2007. Previously Ingrid has, under the auspices of the Civic Trust Wagga, organised several Youth Forums (What’s it like to be young and live in Wagga?).
Teaching
Ingrid is currently teaching
- SOC101, Introductory Sociology
- SOC108, Sociology of Health
- SOC217, Fame and Social Control
- SOC226, Rurality in a Globalised World
- SOC503, Rural Society.
Previously Ingrid has been teaching
- SOC216, Understanding Rural Society,
- SOC303, Sociological Theory.
Research
Ingrid is conducting a joint research project with universities in Germany and Japan regarding students’ attitudes on the topic of gene modification. She is also looking at the plight of carers of persons with a mental illness. Together with a colleague from Social Work, Ingrid is developing a research project into the Smith-Magenis Syndrome. And finally, Ingrid is researching cross boundary or communal farming, a farming method which has been practices in Europe for thousands of years and which has recently been some credence by academics at the University of England .
Recent publications
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2007) “The voices of carers of persons with a mental illness”, resubmitted after revision for publication to The Sociological Review .
Muenstermann, Ingrid; Wuestner, Kerstin; and Heinze, Ulrich (2006) “Personal Attitudes Regarding Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion – A Three Country Research Project. The Sociological Approach”, Refereed Conference Proceedings, The Sociological Association of Australia , Perth, December 2006
Muenstermann, Ingrid; Wuestner, Kerstin; and Heinze, Ulrich (2006) “Personal Attitudes Regarding Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion – A Three Country Research Project. The Pragmatic Approach”, Refereed Conference Proceedings, International Sociology Association Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 2006.
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2006) book review: Anthony Moran “ Australia, Nation, Belonging and Globalization”, Journal of Intercultural Studies, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp.461-464
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2006) book review: George Main, “Heartland”, Rural Society, Vol 16, No. 1, pp.114-116.
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2006) “SA German clubs and declining ethnicity within South Australia’s first generation German Population”, accepted as chapter in The German Presence in SA, to be published by Adelaide University and Flinders University, SA. 2007.
Alston, M., Allan, J., Dietsch, E., Wilkinson, J.; Shankar, J., Osburn, L., Bell, K., Muenstermann, I., Giorgas, D., Moore, E., Jennett, C., Wallace, J. Bacchus, R., Quinn, H., Gibson, J., Harris, J., Gibson, R. and Grantley, J. (2006) “Brutal neglect: Australian rural women’s access to health services”, Rural and Remote Health, Vol. 6, pp. 475-
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2003) book review: “James Jupp, From white Australia to Woomera”, Journal of Sociology, 39:3, 320-322.
Muenstermann, Ingrid (2001) “Implementing Multiculturalism within the context of Australian society: South Australia's school for the German language”, European Journal of Intercultural Studies, 12:1, 93-107.
Muenstermann, Ingrid (Dec. 2000) “German Immigrant Women in South Australia since 1945 – Some Thoughts on Integration and/or Acculturation”, refereed conference proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association.
Membership of professional associations and groups
- International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC15)
- The Australian Sociological Association Inc. TASA
- TASA Thematic Group on Immigration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
- TASA Thematic Group on Mental Illness
- Goethe Society, Husum, Germany
- SA German Association, Adelaide, South Australia
