Dr Laura Minor
School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Television Studies
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Television Studies at the University of Salford, where my research examines class, gender, and authorship in British television. Following my AHRC-funded PhD at the University of Leeds, I have developed expertise in working-class representation and women's creative agency in television comedy.
I was recently named an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker (2025) and currently serve as Co-Investigator on the AHRC project 'What's on? Rethinking class in the television industry' (£577,144), which examines structural inequalities in media production.
My publications appear in leading journals including Feminist Media Studies, the Journal of British Cinema and Television, and the European Journal of Cultural Studies. I am the author of Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), which was nominated for Best First Monograph by BAFTSS, and co-author of Television Goes Back to the Future: Rethinking TV's Streaming Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).
I also hold editorial leadership roles, serving as Principal Editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television and Book Reviews Editor for Popular Communication. Beyond academic publishing, I contribute to public conversations about television representation through interviews with traditional media (BBC, The Guardian) and writing for academic platforms (The Conversation).
Areas of Research
Feminist television studies, Working-class representation, Female authorship, Cultural identity, Women’s labour in the media industries, Comedy, Performance, British screen cultures, Social realism
Areas of Supervision
I am happy to supervise PhD projects around feminist television studies, British media texts, gender, social realism, comedy, authorship, and social class. Just get in touch!
Modules I have taught on the BA Television and Radio programme include: Media Texts/Contexts, British TV Fictions, 21st Century Factual TV, TV Genres, and Final Dissertation.
Qualifications
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PhD in Media and Communication
2017 - 2021 -
MRes in Film and Television Studies
2015 - 2016 -
BA (Hons) in Film Studies and English Literature
2012 - 2015