Dr Eithne Quinn

Biography

I came to Manchester in 2003, to take up my post in American Studies. Before that I lectured in Film Studies at Nottingham University, in American Studies at University of Central Lancashire, and in Cultural Studies at De Montfort University. 

I am a member of:

• British Association for American Studies
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies
• Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
• Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS)

Further information

 Teaching areas

• Hip Hop Studies (3rd year special subject)
• Climate Change & Culture Wars (3rd year special subject)
• Race and Representation in Contemporary America (1st year seminar)

Knowledge exchange 

I act as a defence expert in UK legal cases in which the prosecution seeks to rely on defendants’ rap music and related expressive culture as incriminating evidence. See my blog post.