R.J. Maratea, Managing News Editor
Email address: rjm@nmsu.edu
Academic History
Assistant Professor (2009-present), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
B.A. (1995) Syracuse University; M.S. (2001) Arizona State University; Ph.D. (2009) University of Delaware
Research Interests
My current research explores the sociological implications of mass communication, with a particular focus on new media technology, deviance, social control, and the construction of social problems. I also have a deep interest in the issue of capital punishment and am currently involved in projects that examine how Internet users “negotiate” the death penalty in cyberspace, the lack of proportionality in Post-Gregg capital trials, and the legacy of David Baldus.
Selected Publications
2012. Maratea, R.J. and Philip R. Kavanaugh. “Deviant Identity in Online Contexts: New Directives in the Study of a Classic Concept.” Sociology Compass 6(2):102-12.
2011. R.J. Maratea. “Screwing the Pooch: Legitimizing Accounts in a Zoophilia On-line Community.” Deviant Behavior 32(10): 918-943.
2011. David Keys and R.J. Maratea. “Life Experience and the Value-Free Foundations of Blumer’s Collective Behavior Theory.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 47(2): 173-186.
2008. R.J. Maratea. “The e-Rise and Fall of Social Problems: The Blogosphere as a Public Arena.” Social Problems 55(1): 139-60.
Prizes and Awards
External Awards:
Co-First Place, Social Problems Theory Division Outstanding Article Award Competition for “The e-Rise and Fall of Social Problems: The Blogosphere as a Public Arena,” The Society for the Study of Social Problems (2009); Second Place, Social Problems Theory Division Student Paper Award Competition for “The e-Rise and Fall of Social Problems: The Blogosphere as a Public Arena,” Society for the Study of Social Problems (2006).
University of Delaware:
University Graduate Fellows Award
Arizona State University:
Regent’s Scholarship
