Biography:Emma Rush
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Short description: Philosopher
Emma Rush | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Department of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne |
| Known for | Reports for The Australia Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Thesis | Consume with care: ethics, economics and industrialised world over-consumption (2004) |
| Website | Official website |
Emma Rush is a lecturer in philosophy and ethics at Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, notable for her work on sexualisation of children.[1]
In 2006, Rush worked on a series of reports for The Australia Institute. Two of the reports which she co-authored[2][3] led to a senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children.[4]
Rush has also been consulted by the media, including Australia's ABC News and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Research
Rush's main areas of research are: ethics in public life, particularly, sexualisation of children and the corporatisation of child care; professional ethics, particularly social work ethics, with a developing project on resilience; and environmental ethics.
Media
Rush has acted as a media consultant over issues relating to sexualisation, advertising and pornography debates by ABC Radio, Australia,[5] ABC News, Australia,[6] The Sydney Morning Herald,[7] The Conversation,[8] and Melinda Tankard Reist's website.[9]
Selected bibliography
Ph.D thesis
- Rush, Emma (September 2006). Consume with care: ethics, economics and industrialised world over-consumption (Ph.D. thesis). Melbourne: Department of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne. OCLC 224910719.
2006 papers for The Australia Institute
2006 discussion papers for the Australia Institute
- Rush, Emma (April 2006). "Child care quality in Australia (discussion paper number 84)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australia Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156571048. Pdf version.
- Rush, Emma; Downie, Christian (June 2006). "ABC learning centres: a case-study of Australia's largest child care corporation (discussion paper number 87)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australia Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156757390. Pdf version.
- Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (October 2006). "Corporate paedophilia: the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 90)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australia Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156752334. Pdf version.
- Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (December 2006). "Letting children be children: stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 93)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australia Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 225513585. Pdf version.
2006 web papers for the Australia Institute
- Rush, Emma (February 2006). Skip dipping in Australia (web paper number 85). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 224947742. Pdf version.
- Rush, Emma (April 2006). Skip dipping in Australia (web paper number 85). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 224947742. Pdf version.
- Rush, Emma; Hamilton, Clive (September 2006). The attitudes of Australians to happiness and social well-being (web paper number 90). Canberra: The Australia Institute. OCLC 225280784. Pdf version.
Chapters in books
- Rush, Emma (2007), "Plastic fantastic: the sexualisation of children", in Fleetwood, Julian, The sex mook: what is our sex?, Melbourne, Australia: Vignette Press, pp. 108–110, ISBN 9781876110000
- Rush, Emma (2007), "Employees' views on quality", Kids count: better early childhood education and care in Australia, Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press, pp. 154–178, ISBN 9781920898700
- Rush, Emma (2009), "What are the risks of premature sexualisation for children?", Getting real: challenging the sexualisation of girls, Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, pp. 41–54, ISBN 9781876756758
- Rush, Emma (2012), "Children, media and ethics", Growing up fast and furious, Sydney, Australia: The Federation Press, pp. 159–174, ISBN 9781862878235
- Rush, Emma (2013), "Ethics of food security", Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future, New York: Springer, pp. 35–48, ISBN 9781461444831
- Rush, Emma (2015), "(Applied) ethics", Children's wellbeing in the media age: multidisciplinary perspectives from the Harvard-Australia Symposium, Sydney: The Federation Press, pp. 56–76, ISBN 9781760020286
- Rush, Emma; Anscombe, A.W. (Bill) (2017), "Respect and integrity – John Gavaghan", Empowering social workers: virtuous practitioners, Singapore: Springer, pp. 77–86, ISBN 9789811038099
- Rush, Emma; Anscombe, A.W. (Bill) (2017), "What can we do to make changes? – Virginia (Ginni) Hall, AO", Empowering social workers: virtuous practitioners, Singapore: Springer, pp. 87–99, ISBN 9789811038099
- Rush, E., Short, M., Burningham, G., Cartledge, J. (2020). ‘Philosophy and ethics: Sustaining social inclusion in the disability sector’. In Crisp, B.R. and Taket, A. (Eds.), Sustaining Social Inclusion, Routledge, pp.203-217. ISBN (electronic) 9780429397936
Journal articles
- Rush, Emma; Gleeson, Brendan; Low, Nicholas (2005). "A multivalent conception of path dependence: The case of transport planning in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia". Environmental Sciences 2 (4): 391–408. doi:10.1080/15693430500405146.
- Rush, Emma (December 2011). "Response to Taylor: the full picture of the sexualisation debate". Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 36 (4): 111–119. doi:10.1177/183693911103600415. ISSN 1836-9391. http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/our-publications/australasian-journal-early-childhood/ajec-archive/ajec-2011/ajec-vol-36-4-december-2011/.
- Rush, Emma; Mungai, Ndungi wa; Wairire, Gidraph G. (2014). "The challenges of maintaining social work ethics in Kenya". Ethics and Social Welfare 8 (2): 170–186. doi:10.1080/17496535.2014.895401.
- Rush, Emma (Summer 2015). "A Gaitian account of environmental ethics". Environmental Ethics 37 (2): 187–206. doi:10.5840/enviroethics201537217.
- Rush, Emma; Fine, Cordelia (February 2016). ""Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff?" The ethics and science of the gendered toy marketing debate". Journal of Business Ethics 149 (4): 769–784. doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3080-3.
- Strong, C. and Rush, E. (2018) Musical genius and/or nasty piece of work? Dealing with violence and sexual assault in accounts of popular music’s past, Continuum, https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2018.1483009.
- Short, M., Dempsey, K., Ackland, J., Rush, E., Heller, E. & Dwyer, H. (2018). What is a person? Deepening students’ and colleagues’ understanding of person-centredness, Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, vol. 20, no.1, pp.139-156. ISSN 1329-0584
References
- ↑ "Dr Emma Rush". Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/staff/profiles/philosophy/emma-rush.
- ↑ Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (2006). "Corporate paedophilia: the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 90)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australian Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 156752334. Pdf version.
- ↑ Rush, Emma; La Nauze, Andrea (2006). "Letting children be children: stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia (discussion paper number 93)". Population Ageing : Crisis or Transition? (Canberra: The Australian Institute). ISSN 1322-5421. OCLC 225513585. Pdf version.
- ↑ Senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment. Victoria, Australia: The Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP), State Government Victoria. 2008. http://www.ccyp.vic.gov.au/childsafetycommissioner/downloads/submission_senateinquiry_media_sexn_of_kids.pdf. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Scott Stephens (presenter), Dr. Emma Rush (guest) (7 February 2012). RN Drive [Can an anti-abortion activist be called a feminist?] (Radio show). Australia: ABC. Event occurs at 6.45pm.
- ↑ Rush, Emma (1 February 2012). "Media must do better on porn debate". ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/02/01/3420737.htm.
- ↑ Rush, Emma; Norma, Caroline (16 February 2012). "Sexed up tween advertising shows fashion needs to grow up". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/sexed-up-tween-advertising-shows-fashion-needs-to-grow-up-20120215-1t788.html.
- ↑ Rush, Emma (23 May 2012). "Girls on film: could new regulations stop the sexualisation of children?". The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/girls-on-film-could-new-regulations-stop-the-sexualisation-of-children-6762.
- ↑ Rush, Emma (8 February 2012). "Teens have hearts, not just bodies". Melinda Tankard Reist. http://melindatankardreist.com/2012/02/teens-have-hearts-not-just-bodies/.
External links
- Profile page: Dr Emma Rush School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University
- Emma Rush OCLC WorldCat Identities
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