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

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. Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • 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

Chapters in books

  • Rush, Emma (2007), "Plastic fantastic: the sexualisation of children", in Fleetwood, Julian (ed.), The sex mook: what is our sex?, Melbourne, Australia: Vignette Press, pp. 108–110, ISBN 9781876110000
  • Rush, Emma (2007), "Employees' views on quality", in Hill, Elizabeth; Pocock, Barbara; Elliott, Alison (eds.), 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?", in Tankard Reist, Melinda (ed.), Getting real: challenging the sexualisation of girls, Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, pp. 41–54, ISBN 9781876756758
  • Rush, Emma (2012), "Children, media and ethics", in Warburton, Wayne; Braunstein, Danya (eds.), Growing up fast and furious, Sydney, Australia: The Federation Press, pp. 159–174, ISBN 9781862878235
  • Rush, Emma (2013), "Ethics of food security", in Farmar-Bowers, Quentin; Higgins, Vaughan; Millar, Joanne (eds.), Food security in Australia: challenges and prospects for the future, New York: Springer, pp. 35–48, ISBN 9781461444831
  • Rush, Emma (2015), "(Applied) ethics", in Handsley, Elizabeth; MacDougall, Colin; Rich, Michael (eds.), 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", in Pawar, Manohar S.; Hugman, Richard; Alexandra, Andrew; Anscombe, A.W. (eds.), 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", in Pawar, Manohar S.; Hugman, Richard; Alexandra, Andrew; Anscombe, A.W. (eds.), 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

References

  1. ^ "Dr Emma Rush". Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ 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. Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 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. Archived 17 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Senate inquiry into the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment (PDF). Victoria, Australia: The Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP), State Government Victoria. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ Scott Stephens (presenter), Dr. Emma Rush (guest) (7 February 2012). Can an anti-abortion activist be called a feminist?] (Radio show). RN Drive. Australia: ABC. Event occurs at 6.45pm. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ Rush, Emma (1 February 2012). "Media must do better on porn debate". ABC News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  7. ^ Rush, Emma; Norma, Caroline (16 February 2012). "Sexed up tween advertising shows fashion needs to grow up". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  8. ^ Rush, Emma (23 May 2012). "Girls on film: could new regulations stop the sexualisation of children?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  9. ^ Rush, Emma (8 February 2012). "Teens have hearts, not just bodies". Melinda Tankard Reist. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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