Eric Abbey

Eric Abbey serves as a Professor of Literature at Oakland Community College in Michigan, concurrently maintaining an active career as a professional musician.

His research centers on interdisciplinary connections between artistic expression and societal dynamics, with primary focus areas including:

• Literature
• Music
• Cultural Studies
• Dub Music
• Sound Studies

Abbey's scholarly output investigates how musical genres—particularly dub—shape cultural identity and sonic aesthetics, as demonstrated in his 2022 monograph Dub and the Creation of Culture and Distillation of Sound, which analyze sound's role in artistic and cultural evolution.