Kenna Quinet

Dr. Kenna Quinet is Professor Emeritus at Indiana University's O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. With expertise in criminology, she joined IUPUI in 1992 and has received 13 teaching awards for courses on homicide, criminological theory, and serial murder.

Her research examines serial and mass homicides, missing persons, prostitutes as victims, unclaimed dead, and opioid mortality. As a certified medicolegal death investigator and deputy coroner since 2013, she bridges academic research with forensic practice.

Dr. Quinet appeared in A&E's documentary series 'The Killing Season' and has provided expert commentary in over 80 media engagements. Her publications analyze victim-offender relationships in homicides, unclaimed dead, and opioid overdose patterns.