Angela T. Ragusa
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and social Science
Charles Sturt University
Australia
Biography
Angela is a senior lecturer in sociology at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga NSW Australia. Born and raised in New York City, she completed a PhD (Sociology) and two Masters (Sociology and Science & Technology Studies) degrees at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA and a BA (Honours, Psychology) from St Francis College in Brooklyn NY. Prior to academia Angela worked at JP Morgan, the United Nations Children's Fund and several law firms. Having taught sociology, psychology, politics and science and technology studies at the university-level since 1997, she migrated to Australia in 2002 and has since been employed at four Australian universities (CSU, Griffith, University of New England, Queensland University of Technology).
Research Interest
Social Change, Problems & Inequality - Class, Gender, Culture & Sexuality -- institutional (macro), individual (micro) and meso-level analyses Communication & Media Studies Environmental Sociology and Critical Animal Studies Sociology of Science & Technology - History, Knowledge & Power Political Sociology, Social Movements & Social Control