Angela T. Ragusa

Angela T. Ragusa is a Lecturer in Sociology and Course Coordinator for the BA Honours Program at Charles Sturt University (Australia). She obtained a Ph.D. & MS in Sociology and MS in Science & Technology Studies from Virginia Tech and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY. Teaching sociology, psychology, politics and STS in American and Australian universities since 1997, she has received two (2007, 2010) research fellowships from the Institute for Land, Water & Society (ILWS), special study leave and is a member of the ILWS senior management committee. Angela is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Rural Society, an Editorial Board member for Information Resources & Management Journal, Open Sociology Journal and Open Communication Journal and supervises several PhD and honours students. Attracting over $50,000 in grants, Angela has over 20 refereed publications on media/communication technologies, socio-demographic change, environmental & water issues and social inequality and is currently researching tree changers, domestic violence and mental health nursing in rural Australia.

Publications

Studying Locally, Interacting Globally: Demographic Change and International Students in Australian Higher Education
Studying Locally, Interacting Globally: Demographic Change and International Students in Australian Higher Education
Angela T. Ragusa, Emma Steinke. © 2014. 25 pages.
This chapter uses findings from an online survey of international onshore undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in an Australian university in 2009 to critically...
Studying Locally, Interacting Globally: Demographic Change and International Students in Australian Higher Education
Studying Locally, Interacting Globally: Demographic Change and International Students in Australian Higher Education
Angela T. Ragusa, Emma Steinke. © 2012. 25 pages.
The general trend towards freely circulating capital, goods and services, coupled with changes in the openness of labour markets, has translated into growing demands for an...
Interaction in Communication Technologies and Virtual Learning Environments: Human Factors
Interaction in Communication Technologies and Virtual Learning Environments: Human Factors
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 426 pages.
Changes in the availability, quality, and quantity of communication technologies are revolutionizing and fundamentally altering how individuals and organizations interact...
Peer Learning and Social Interactions in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
Peer Learning and Social Interactions in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 13 pages.
This chapter explores how Internet-based asynchronous communication forums utilized in teaching undergraduate courses affect social interactions and student satisfaction. Drawing...
Peer Learning and Social Interactions in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
Peer Learning and Social Interactions in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 13 pages.
This chapter explores how Internet-based asynchronous communication forums utilized in teaching undergraduate courses affect social interactions and student satisfaction. Drawing...
Introduction: Communication and Social Interactions in a Technologically-Mediated World
Introduction: Communication and Social Interactions in a Technologically-Mediated World
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 8 pages.
Epistemology is the concept used to describe ways of knowing. In other words, how you know what you know. Sociologists have been interested in how knowledge is produced since the...
E-Mail Interviews with Senior Legal Professional Women in Australia: Examining Computer-Mediated Communication
E-Mail Interviews with Senior Legal Professional Women in Australia: Examining Computer-Mediated Communication
Angela Ragusa, Philip Groves. © 2010. 19 pages.
The development of successful interactions utilizing e-mail, as an asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) technology to conduct qualitative social research, relies...
Social Interactions in Virtual Communication Environments: Using Sakai to Teach Forensic Science
Social Interactions in Virtual Communication Environments: Using Sakai to Teach Forensic Science
Andrea Crampton, Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 15 pages.
Forensic science students must not only learn disciplinary-specific subject content, but also need to acquire the interpersonal and communication skills crucial for successful...
The Impact of Sociocultural Factors in Multicultural Communication Environments: A Case Example from an Australian University's Provision of Distance Education in the Global Classroom
The Impact of Sociocultural Factors in Multicultural Communication Environments: A Case Example from an Australian University's Provision of Distance Education in the Global Classroom
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2010. 23 pages.
Changes in the availability and quality of communicationtechnology have revolutionized, and fundamentally altered, learning environments. As citizens of the “Information...
Sociological Insights in Structuring Australian Distance Education
Sociological Insights in Structuring Australian Distance Education
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2009. 7 pages.
Sociology is well-known for analyzing institutions and social change (Holmes, Hughes, & Julian, 2007). Yet, a dearth of sociological research explores technology and distance...
The Impact of Sociocultural Factors in Multicultural Communication Environments: A Case Example from an Australian University's Provision of Distance Education in the Global Classroom
The Impact of Sociocultural Factors in Multicultural Communication Environments: A Case Example from an Australian University's Provision of Distance Education in the Global Classroom
Angela T. Ragusa. © 2009. 22 pages.
Changes in the availability and quality of communication technology have revolutionized, and fundamentally altered, learning environments. As citizens of the “Information Age,”...