LJ Minor

I undertook my AHRC-funded PhD at the University of Leeds, completing my research in 2021. For my PhD project, I sought to ‘reclaim’ the contribution of contemporary British female writer/performers to the TV comedy genre in the period of the 2010s. By examining a select few case studies and working with texts, para-texts, and the contexts of cultural production, my project expanded the understanding of comedy as craft through female authorship and an intersectional lens. I am currently in the process of converting my thesis into a monograph for Edinburgh University Press. Upon completing my PhD, I worked as Lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Leeds until 2022, when I joined the University of Salford as a Lecturer in Television Studies. I have presented my research at conferences including Comedy and Power (Mixed Bill), Overlooked Women in Film and Television (CATHICon), Class and Contemporary UK Film & Television (London Metropolitan University), and Doing Women’s Film & TV History (WFTHN). I am also currently a member of BAFTSS (British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies), MeCCSA (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association), and WFTHN (Women’s Film and Television History Network).