The document lists the speaker's conference contributions over several years, focusing on topics related to representations of gender and sexuality in media, television studies, and media education. Some of the conference presentations discussed portrayals of lesbian intimacy in UK television, the end of the television series "The L Word", and industrial contexts in the development of lesbian-themed television shows. Other presentations were on developing academic skills in further and higher education, flexible learning approaches, and tackling the expansion of media studies related to media literacy.

1. CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS:
'Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy', Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association, Marriott Copley Place Hotel,
Boston, Massachusetts, 11th-14th April 2012.
'More than just Lip Service', Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association, San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk Hotels, San
Antonio, Texas, 20th-23rd April 2011.
'Student to scholar: developing vital academic skills on the journey from FE
through HE', (co-presented with Oliver Carter), Media Education Summit 2010
via The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Millenium Point, Birmingham
City University, Birmingham, 7th - 8th September 2010.
'The End of The L Word: Fan Pleasure or Pain?', Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association, Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis,
Missouri, 31st March - 3rd April 2010.
'Critical Autonomy and Applied Theory in Media Education', MeCCSA Annual
Conference, London School of Economics, 6th - 8th January 2010.
'Flexible learning approaches and patchwork assessment in Media and
Communication: improving study skills and easing transition in Year One', (co-
presented with Oliver Carter), Learning and Teaching Festival, Birmingham City
University, Birmingham, 7th - 10th July 2009.
'Industrial Contexts in the Development of Lesbian Themed Television', Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association, New Orleans Marriott, New
Orleans, Louisiana, 8th - 11th April 2009.
'Lesbian Media Texts: Commerciality, Politics and Consumption Practices',
Rethinking Cultural Economy Conference, University of Manchester, 5th - 7th
September 2007.
'Tackling the expansion of Media Studies in relation to media literacy and
education', (co-presented with Oliver Carter), MeCCSA/AMPE Annual
Conference, Coventry University, 10th - 12th January 2007.
'The L Word: Exploring Representations of Lesbian Culture'
MeCCSA/AMPE Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, 13th - 15th January
2006.
Specialties: Representations of gender and sexuality, Production Processes and
discourse, Television Studies, Educational pedagogy, Television and fandom.
Assessment of FE and HE level Media and Cultural Studies.