Research & Books

Scholarship in progress—and in print

A curated home for ongoing research threads, teaching resources, and book projects connected to Advanced TV Herstory. Check back for updates, calls for participation, and publication news.

What you’ll find here

This page tracks longer-term work that extends the podcast: research notes, bibliographies, conference talks, and book-length projects. When possible, each update links back to relevant episodes and essays so you can follow a topic across formats.

Current work

Research streams & resources

Selected areas of inquiry and practical resources for listeners, students, and fellow researchers.

Women’s labor in television industries

Notes and reading lists on creative labor, authorship, and production cultures—especially where women’s work is minimized, misattributed, or rendered invisible.


Television history & archival methods

Methodological posts on working with archives, trade press, oral histories, and ephemera—plus guidance on citations and source evaluation.


Genre, seriality, and cultural memory

Research updates on how genres evolve, how serial storytelling shapes publics, and how television becomes a site of cultural memory and debate.


Teaching materials & syllabi

Occasional share-outs of course modules, sample assignments, and recommended screenings—designed for adaptation in media studies classrooms.

Book projects

From episode ideas to chapters

Book-length work develops slowly and publicly here: short updates, working abstracts, and links to related listening and reading.

Researcher taking notes with a laptop and notebook in a library

Work-in-progress: Book project

Periodic notes on scope, sources, and chapter architecture—shared in a way that’s useful without overpromising timelines.

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Annotated reading lists

A living bibliography of television scholarship, feminist media studies, and cultural analysis—organized by theme for easy discovery.

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Publication & event announcements

New articles, talks, interviews, and guest appearances—plus where to find recordings and slides when available.

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Visual archive

A rotating set of images that evoke the materials behind the work—libraries, notes, and the infrastructures of television production.

Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class
Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class
Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class
Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class
Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class
Old library interior with shelves and warm lighting Notebook, coffee, and eyeglasses on a desk Television broadcast gallery control panel and equipment Professional taking notes during an online class