Senior Lecturer, Gender and Media, University of Sussex
I've been teaching at the University of Sussex since 2007. Prior to that, I was a lecturer at the University of Sunderland.
I convene MA Gender and Media.
My research focuses on the representation of minority groups in film and media - especially how these identifications intersect with gender and sexuality politics. I have written about the representation of lesbians and gays, disability, transgender identifications and ageing.
Monographs:
2009 'The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings' (I B Tauris)
2010 'Transgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture (Ashgate)
2018 'Ageing Femininity on Screen: The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema' (I B Tauris)
2022 'Trans Representation in Contemporary Popular Cinema' (Routledge)
Edited Collections:
2011 'Critical Readings in Bodybuilding' (Routledge)
2013 'Film and Gender' (Routledge)
2020 'Cross Generational Relationships and Cinema' (Palgrave)
Textbooks:
2013 'Studying Sexualities: Theories, Representations, Cultures' (Palgrave)
2013 'Gender in the Media' (Palgrave)
2014 'Body Studies: The Basics' (Routledge)
Education
M.A (University of St. Andrews)
P.G.C.E (Queen's University Belfast)
M.A (University of Ulster)
PhD (University of Ulster)