Faye is currently undertaking research into representation of sexuality in American TV programmes and exploring how commercial imperatives and contexts have impacted on the production and meaning of representations.
Her work, 'Paradigmatically Oppositional Representations: Gender and Sexual Identity in The L Word' has been published in Rebecca Beirne's (2008) 'Televising Queer Women'. She has also been a regular contributor to the online journal Flow TV.
She also has a forthcoming chapter, 'The End of the L Word: Fan Pleasure and Fan Pain?' in Dana Heller's 'Loving The L Word' from IB Tauris.
'The End of the L Word: fan pleasure or fan pain?' in Dana Heller (ed) Loving The L Word, IB Tauris (forthcoming 2012)
Regular Contributor to FlowTV online journal, hosted by The University of Austin at Texas:
- 'Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy' Vol 14:2, June 2011
- 'More than just 'Lip Service?' Stereotypes in lesbian focused drama' Vol 14:5, August 2011
- 'Embarrassing Bodies: Public Sphere or Spectacle?' Vol 14:8, September 2011
- 'The Jeremy Kyle Show: Middle Class Territory' Vol 15:4, December 2011
- 'Loose Women - Women's talk and ideological restriction' Vol 15:7, February 2012.
'Paradigmatically Oppositional Representations: Gender and Sexuality in The L Word' in Rebecca Beirne (ed) Televising Queer Women, Palgrave (2008)
Conferences
'Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy', Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, 11th to 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 to 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 to 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 to 3rd April 2010.
'Critical Autonomy and Applied Theory in Media Education', MeCCSA Annual Conference, London School of Economics, 6th to 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 to 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 to 11th April 2009.
'Lesbian Media Texts: Commerciality, Politics and Consumption Practices', Rethinking Cultural Economy Conference, University of Manchester, 5th to 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 to 12th January 2007.
'The L Word: Exploring Representations of Lesbian Culture' MeCCSA/AMPE Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, 13th to 15th January 2006.
