Eithne Quinn

Eithne Quinn is a Professor of Cultural and Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Manchester's Department of English and American Studies. She is renowned for her critical scholarship on racial bias in the justice system and the misuse of rap/drill music lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. Her research has been widely featured in major media outlets including The Guardian, BBC, Rolling Stone, and The Times.

Key research areas include:

• Ethical dimensions of using cultural artifacts as legal evidence
• Racial disparities in criminal sentencing
• Judicial accountability mechanisms
• Free expression rights in cultural contexts

Recent work highlights systemic racism in the UK judiciary, with contributions to the Leveson Review and submissions to the Equal Treatment Bench Book project. Her media engagements demonstrate impactful public scholarship, including expert testimony on institutional racism and advocacy against using rap lyrics to prosecute Black British youth.

Selected achievements include:

• 3 notable academic prizes
• Supervision of 2 postgraduate research projects
• Over 20 peer-reviewed media contributions since 2019

Her advocacy focuses on reforming legal frameworks to prevent miscarriages of justice caused by racialized evidence practices.