Phill Cabeen

Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor

Professional Biography

Cabeen previously served as instructor of German Language and Culture at Columbia College Chicago, and as Curatorial Assistant for Performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Cabeen's research focuses on popular media, affect, gender, and ideology. His dissertation, on the New German Wave, is a reparative analysis of the initial works of three women-led bands, and their ambivalent reception by the press and public. It draws on Cabeen's interdisciplinary academic training, which includes Art History and Teaching as well as German and Cultural Studies. 

Degree(s)

Ph.D., Germanic Studies, University of Illinois Chicago

M.A., Teaching (Visual Arts Specialist), Columbia College, 2009

B.A., Art History, Asian Studies Minor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999