Curriculum Vitae

RAQUEL Z. RIVERA, Ph.D.
raquelzrivera@gmail.com
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Education

2000 Ph.D.
Graduate School of the City University of New York, NY
Department: Sociology
Dissertation: New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone: Between Blackness and Latinidad
Chairperson: Juan Flores, Ph.D.

1996 M.A.
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan, PR
Concentration: Puerto Rican Studies
Thesis: Para rapear en puertorriqueño: discurso y política cultural
Chairperson: Angel Quintero Rivera, Ph.D.

1992 B.A.
Brown University, Providence, RI
Concentration: Development Studies
Honors Thesis: National Development in the Political Thought of Pedro Albizu Campos
Chairperson: Paget Henry, Ph.D.

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Areas of Specialization

Caribbean, Latino and Latin American Studies
Race and Ethnic Studies
Sociology of Music
Diaspora Studies

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Professional Experience

2009 – present
Independent scholar/artist; affiliated researcher at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, New York, New York

2006 – 2009
Researcher
Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
New York, New York

Conducted research on reggaeton and Caribbean roots music, focusing on racial and ethnic identities, gender roles and inter-generational dynamics

2006
Adjunct Professor
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Columbia University, New York, New York

Taught undergraduate Latino Studies course From Hip Hop to Reggaeton: New Directions in Latino Youth Cultures

2004 – 2006
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Sociology, Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

Conducted research on reggaeton and Caribbean roots music, focusing on gender roles and inter-generational dynamics. Taught Sociology/Anthropology courses Music, Blackness and Caribbean Latinos and From Hip Hop to Reggaeton: New Directions in Latino Youth Cultures

2003 – 2004
Substitute Assistant Professor
Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
Hunter College, New York, New York

Taught undergraduate courses Latino Communities in New York and Puerto Rican Culture

1992 – 2003
Freelance Journalist, Editor, Translator, Interpreter and Proofreader

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Publications

Books

Rivera, R.Z., Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez, eds. (2009). Reggaeton. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (2003). New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book and Journal Articles

Rivera, R.Z. (forthcoming). “New York Bomba and Palos: Liberation Mythologies and Overlapping Diasporas. Black Music Research Journal.

Rivera, R.Z. (2010). “New York Bomba: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and a Bridge Called Haiti.” Pp. 178-199 in Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World, ed. Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo and Mamadou Diouf. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (2010). “Bomba puertorriqueña y palos dominicanos en Nueva York: de diásporas y mitologías de la liberación.” Boletín Música: Revista de Música Latinoamericana y Caribeña 26: 3-26.

Marshall, Wayne, R.Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini Hernandez (2010). “Los circuitos socio-sónicos del reggaetón.” TRANS: Revista Transcultural de Música 14.

Rivera, R.Z. (2009). “Policing Morality, Mano Dura Stylee: The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico in the Mid-1990s.” Pp. 111-134 in Reggaeton, ed. R.Z. Rivera, W. Marshall and D. Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Marshall, Wayne, R.Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. (2009). “Reggaeton’s Socio-Sonic Circuitry.” Pp. 1-16 in Reggaeton, ed. R.Z. Rivera, W. Marshall and D. Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Marshall, Wayne and R.Z. Rivera. (2009). “Visualizing Reggaeton: Editor’s Notes.” Pp. 215-217 in Reggaeton, ed. R.Z. Rivera, W. Marshall and D. Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Negrón-Muntaner, Frances and R.Z. Rivera (2009). “Nación Reggaetón.” Nueva Sociedad, 223 (September-October): 29-38.

Rivera, R.Z. (2008). “Multimedia Review of Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes and Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video.” Journal of the Society for American Music, 2, 3 (August): 451-453.

Rivera, R.Z. (2008). “Reggaeton, Gender, Blogging and Pedagogy,” Latino Studies, 6, (August): 327-338.

Negrón-Muntaner, Frances and R.Z. Rivera (2007). “Reggaeton Nation.” NACLA Report on the Americas, 40, 6 (November/December): 35-39.

Rivera, R.Z. (2007). “Between Blackness and Latinidad in the Hip Hop Zone.” Pp. 351-362 in A Companion to Latina/o Studies, ed. Juan Flores and Renato Rosaldo. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.

Rivera, R.Z. (2007). “Will the ‘Real’ Puerto Rican Culture Please Stand Up?: Thoughts On Cultural Nationalism.” Pp. 219-233 in None of the Above: Puerto Ricans in the Global Era, ed. Frances Negrón-Muntaner. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). ” El hip hop y el Nueva York boricua: reflexiones sobre música y baile.” Resonancias, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 5, 9: 6-12.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Entrevista a Tego Calderón.” Centro Journal, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, XVI, 2: 272-281.

Rivera, R.Z. (2003). “Hip hop: reflexiones desde el Nueva York caribeño.” Boletín Música, Casa de las Américas, no. 11-12: 85-88.

Rivera, R.Z. (2002). “Hip Hop and New York Puerto Rican Identities.” Pp. 127-143 in Latina/o Popular Culture, ed. Mary Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán. NY: New York University Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (2001). “Hip Hop, Puerto Ricans and Ethno-Racial Identities in New York.” Pp. 235-261 in Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York, ed. Agustín Laó-Montes and Arlene Dávila. New York: Columbia University Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (1998). “Cultura y poder en el rap puertorriqueño.” Revista de Ciencias Sociales, University of Puerto Rico, 4, January: 124-146.

Rivera, R.Z. (1997). “Rap in Puerto Rico: Reflections from the Margins.” Pp. 109-127 in Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora: The New Urban Challenge, ed. Charles Green. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (1997). “Rapping Two Versions of the Same Requiem.” Pp. 243-256 in Puerto Rican Jam: Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism, ed. Frances Negrón-Muntaner and Ramón Grosfoguel. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Rivera, R.Z. (1996). “Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Notes on Race and Ethnic Relations in New York City.” Centro Journal, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, VIII, 1&2: 202-217.

Oquendo, Carmen and R.Z. Rivera (1993). “El rap en Puerto Rico: reclamando espacios culturales.” Postdata, 8: 63-65.

Rivera, R.Z. (1992-93). “Rap Music in Puerto Rico: Mass Consumption or Social Resistance?” Centro Journal, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 1: 52-65.

CD Liner Notes

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). Liner notes. Para Todos Ustedes, Los Pleneros de la 21. Smithsonian Folkways, SFW CD 40519.

Short Stories

Rivera, R.Z. (forthcoming). “While In Stirrups.” In Breaking Ground: Anthology of Puerto Rican Women Writers in New York 1980-2010, ed. Myrna Nieves. New York, NY: Editorial Campana.

Rivera, R.Z. (forthcoming). “Con los pies en los estribos.” Letras Salvajes, 7.

Rivera, R.Z. (2010). Excerpts from the novel Beba. En la Orilla (online).

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Abuela Luz.” Hostos Review / Revista Hostosiana, 2: 82-88.

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Más vieja es la brisa.” Claridad, January 20-26: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “De una bestia las dos greñas.” Claridad, September 9-15: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Encarnada.” Claridad, August 5-11: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Papi El Gato.” Claridad, May 6-12: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Que me dé sombra.” Claridad, February 19-25: 30.

Selected newspaper, magazine and web articles

Rivera, R.Z. (2011). “Conversaciones con Noemí Segarra: de raíces y ramas.” 80 Grados (online), April 1.

Rivera, R.Z. (2011). “Latino/a Imaginary: el ángulo boricua.” 80 Grados (online), March 4.

Rivera, R.Z. (2010). “Recordando al Terror: un año sin Luis Días.” 80 Grados (online), December 22.

Rivera, R.Z. (2010). “Para cantar salves dominicanas en Puerto Rico.” 80 Grados (online), October 29.

Rivera, R.Z. (2008). “Las Nikes macheteras de Miguel Luciano.” Claridad January 31 – February 6.

Rivera, R.Z. (2007). “Juventud, sexo y sexismo.” El Diario/La Prensa, November 14: 31.

Rivera, R.Z. (2007). “Hip-hop vs. Reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 10: 23.

Rivera, R.Z. (2007). “Reggaetón en el salón.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 16: 27.

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Jean-Michel Basquiat: radiante griot, nuestro grillo.” El Nuevo Día, June 26: 2 (Letras).

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Entre la fe y el mercurio.” Claridad, February 17-23: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “In Praise of New York Bomba.” Güiro y Maraca.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Elogio de la bomba de Nueva York (3): Tradición, ¿y con qué se come eso?” Claridad, December 23-29: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Elogio de la bomba de Nueva York (2): ‘la diáspora contraataca’.” Claridad, November 18-24: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “Elogio de la bomba de Nueva York.” Claridad, October 21-27: 30.

Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “De un pájaro las dos patas.” El Nuevo Día, April 4: 3 (Foro).

Rivera, R.Z. (2003). “Reggaeton: The Rise of the Boricua Underground.” Urban Latino, 46, November: 31-32.

Rivera, R.Z. (2003). “Tego Calderón: Native Tongue.” Vibe, November: 96.

Rivera, R.Z. (2003). “Los Ñeta: de la cárcel a la comunidad.” Siempre, April 8-21: 3.

Rivera, R.Z. (2002). “La Lupe: 1939-1992.” One World, February/March: 112.

Rivera, R.Z. (1997). “Droppin’ Bombs Ain’t Always Healthy: The Navy Plays Target Practice in One Puerto Rican Community.” Stress, 9, October: 28-29.

Rivera, R.Z. (1996). “The Joys of Porn: Book Review of ‘Defending Pornography’ by Nadine Strossen.” The San Juan Star, August 27: 7 (Venue).

Oquendo, Carmen Luisa and Raquel Z. Rivera. (1995) “¿Rap, censura o represión?” Diálogo, February: 14.

Rivera, R.Z. (1994). “¿Que el rap no es cultura?” Claridad, March 4-10: 26.

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Musical Recordings

Raquel Z. Rivera & Ojos de Sofía. (2010). Las 7 salves de La Magdalena/ 7 Songs of Praise for the Magdalene. CD.

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Selected Lectures, Paper Presentations and Roundtables

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2012). “John Donald Robb’s Imperative to Collect: Towards an Archival Ethnography of the Robb Archive of Southwestern Music.” Lecture during the Robb Composers Symposium, sponsored by the Music Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2012). “Liberation Mythologies: Art, Spirit and Justice.” Lecture sponsored by the Tocqueville Seminars, the Latin American and Iberian Studies Department, and the Department of Theater and Dance, at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2011). “John Donald Robb’s Imperative to Collect: Towards an Archival Ethnography of the Robb Archive of Southwestern Music.” Visiting Scholar lecture sponsored by the Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2011). “Liberation Mythologies: Women and Afro-Ibero-American Roots Music.” Roundtable presentation at the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Pittsburgh University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2011). “Liberation Mythologies: Mary Magdalene and other Caribbeanist Dreams of Freedom.” Lecture sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2010). “From Bomba to Reggaeton: The Socio-Sonic Circuitry of Puerto Rican Music.” Keynote address sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, Pomona College, Claremont, California.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2010). “Liberation Mythologies: Art, Spirit and Justice.” Paper presented at the symposium Dislocated Performances: Latino Hip-Hop in the 21st Century, sponsored by the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2009). “Perreo & Power: Reggaeton’s Speaking Bodies and Sexuality.” Speaking Bodies Series lecture sponsored by the Lehigh Humanities Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (June 2009). “Perreo & Power: Explicit Sexuality in Reggaeton Dance.” Paper presented at the XXVIII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2009). “Reading Reggaeton.” Diaspora Talk Series lecture sponsored by the Center for African and African American Studies, University of Texas, Austin.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2008). “Reggaeton’s Socio-Sonic Circuitry.” Paper presented at the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rivera, R.Z. (May 2008). “New York Bomba: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and a Bridge Called Haiti.” Lecture at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2008). “Two Guanábanas and a Little Mayhem: Slackness in Underground and Reggaeton.” Panel discussion titled Smut/Slackness in Caribbean Music also featuring Carolyn Cooper (University of the West Indies), Shannon Dudley (University of Washington) and Wayne Marshall (Brandeis University). Sponsored by the Center of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2007). “From Hip-Hop to Reggaeton: The Treacherous Crossroads of Race and Ethnicity.” Guest lecture sponsored by The Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2007). “Del hip-hop al reggaetón: entre la negrura y la latinidad.” Paper presented at the symposium Panorama de las Ciencias Sociales en Puerto Rico: Historia, Investigación y Política sponsored by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.

Rivera, R.Z. (September 2007). “Beyond Gatas & Divas: Insights from Hip-Hop and Reggaeton Feminism.” Lecture sponsored by the Program of Comparative American Studies and the Multicultural Resource Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2006). “Racializing Ethnicity: Only Blacks Are Black, Puerto Ricans (and Other Latinos) Are Brown.” Paper presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2006). “From Bomba to Reggaeton: Roots Music and Popular Music in Puerto Rican Studies.” Paper presented at the symposium Rethinking Puerto Rican Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2006). “Beyond Text and Images: Women in Hip Hop.” Keynote address delivered at Defiant Divas: Hip Hop Conference sponsored by the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2006). Puerto Rican Studies: Towards a Shared and Renewed Research Agenda. Roundtable discussion with prominent Puerto Rican Studies scholars sponsored by the Center for Social Research, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2005). “Urban Youth Identities in Hip Hop and ‘Traditional’ Caribbean Music.” Paper presented at the New York Metro American Studies Association’s Annual Conference, Hunter College, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (September 2005). Black Popular Cultures symposium. Roundtable discussion with Joseph Jordan and Bakari Kitwana, sponsored by the Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2005). “New York Caribbean Latinos: Re-Imagining Identities and Tradition in Hip Hop, Reggaetón and Roots Music.” Paper presented at the conference Rhythms of the Atlantic World, sponsored by the Atlantic Studies Initiative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2005). “Between Blackness and Latinidad: Hip Hop and the Treacherous Crossroads of Race and Ethnicity.” Guest lecture sponsored by the Northeastern University Hip-Hop Studies Collective, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Rivera, R.Z. (February 2005). “Between Blackness and Latinidad: Hip Hop and the Delicate Crossroads of Race and Ethnicity.” Panel discussion with authors Jeff Chang and Bakari Kitwana entitled Hip Hop Scholarship and Urban Culture, sponsored by the Urban Studies Speaker Series, New York University, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2004). “Reaching for the Past: The Reclaiming of ‘Traditional’ Music by New York Puerto Ricans.” Paper presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2004). “Hip Hop: The Caribbean Roots of the Roots.” Guest lecture sponsored by the Africana Studies Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2004). “Cultural Advocates or Culture Vultures?: The Perils and Possibilities of Ethnomusicological Fieldwork.” Keynote speech at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (July 2003). “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.” Guest lecture at Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.

Selected Presentations for Non-Professional Audiences

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2012). Life Into Fiction. Lecture, UNM Writers Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2011). Clichés and Anti-Stereotypes in Latino Popular Culture. Lecture sponsored by the Intercultural Center, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2011). Clichés and Anti-Stereotypes in Latino Popular Culture. Lecture sponsored by the Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. and Tanya Torres (April 2011). Song of the Magdalene. Artist talk and workshops. Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2011). Guest lecture on my trajectory as a scholar and artist for the course Contemporary Latino/a Cultures. New York University, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2011). Women in the Music World. Panel discussion sponsored by the Women’s Studies Department. Queens College, Queens, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. and Tanya Torres (March 2011). Song of the Magdalene. Artist talk co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies and the Spanish Club. Hostos Community College, The Bronx, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. and Tanya Torres (October 2010). Canción de la Magdalena. Artist talk sponsored by Decanato de Ciencias Sociales, Humanidades y Comunicaciones. Universidad Metropolitana, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Rivera, R.Z. and Tanya Torres (October 2010). Canción de la Magdalena: intersecciones entre lo artístico y lo religioso. Scholar/artist conversation with theologist Luis Rivera-Pagan sponsored by the Maestría en Gestión y Administración Cultural of the University of Puerto Rico and the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. Librería La Tertulia, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Rivera, R.Z. (February 2010). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Gender and Hip-Hop: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women? Traveling panel discussion also featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Dr. David Ikard, Joan Morgan, Dr. Joycelyn Wilson and hip-hop artist Tim’m West. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Rivera, R.Z. (September 2008). From Hip-Hop to Reggaeton: Gender, Blogging and Pedagogy. Lecture sponsored by the Intercultural Center, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2007). Exploring Popular Culture in the Caribbean Through Music. Panel discussion also featuring Dr. Sujatha Fernandes and artist Miguel Luciano, moderated by Brooklyn Museum curator Tumelo Mosaka. Brooklyn Museum, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (Spring 2007). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Gender and Hip-Hop: Does Hip-Hop Hate Women? Traveling panel discussion also featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Joan Morgan, Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting and filmmaker Byron Hurt. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York; and Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2007). Hip-Hop Beyond Beats & Rhymes: A Community Screening & Dialogue. Screening and discussion also featuring filmmaker Byron Hurt and Executive Director of GenderPAC Riki Wilchins.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2006). Unwrapping Latino Hip Hop and Reggaeton. Panel discussion also featuring rap artist RodStarz, filmmaker Virgilio Bravo and poet Claudia Garriga-Lopez, sponsored by the Center for Latino Arts and Culture. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2006). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Race and Hip-Hop. Panel discussion also featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Ernie Paniccioli and Oliver Wang. Jan Popper Theater, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2006). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Race and Hip-Hop. Panel discussion also featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Ernie Paniccioli and Oliver Wang. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Rivera, R.Z. (March 2006). Know-the-Ledge: Hiphop Scholarship Meets Hiphop Media. Conference sponsored by The Hip Hop Archive, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2005). Latinos from the Hip Hop Zone. Panel discussion, Museo del Barrio, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2005). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Race and Hip Hop. Panel discussion also featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Oliver Wang and Ernie Paniccioli. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Rivera, R.Z. (November 2005). Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Race and Hip Hop. Panel discussion with authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Oliver Wang and Dr. Geoff Ward. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2005). Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference. Panel discussion on hip-hop. Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois.

Rivera, R.Z. (September 2004). Young Latina Women and Friends Encounter. Panel discussion, sponsored by the Dominican Women’s Development Center, Alianza Dominicana and New York Civil Liberties Union, I.S. 143, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2004). “Afro Latino Identity Forum.” Co-presentation with activist Rosa Clemente, sponsored by the Multicultural Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Rivera, R.Z. (April 2004). “Hip Hop and Gender.” Guest lecture at the Hip Hop Culture and Education Week, sponsored by the Urban Studies Department and Fordham’s Hip Hop Coalition, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (January 2004). Panelist at the event “What’s Latin About Rock and Hip Hop?,” Exit Art Gallery, New York, New York.

Rivera, R.Z. (October 2003). Panelist at The Hip Hop and Social Change Conference sponsored by The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.

Rivera, R.Z. (May 2003). Keynote speaker at the International Hip Hop Exchange Miami sponsored by the Miami Light Project.

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Membership in Professional Associations

Latin American Studies Association

Puerto Rican Studies Association

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

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Editorial Activities

2003-present
Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant, Centro Journal

2002-present
Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant, Latino Studies

2007
Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

2006
Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant, Meridians Journal: Feminism,
Race, Transnationalism

2004
Ad Hoc Editorial Consultant, University of Florida Press

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Board Membership

2012-present
International Advisory Board, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World

2006-present
Latino Studies journal, John Jay College, New York

2004-present
Los Pleneros de la 21, New York, New York

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Grants, Fellowships, Honors and Awards

2012
Research Grant, UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2012
Research Grant, Center for Southwest Research
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2012 (Declined)
Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, New York

2011
Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Award
Latin American and Iberian Institute
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2011
Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund /
Young Roots Series
Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture
Bronx, New York

2010
Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, New York

2009
East Harlem Arts Grant
Association of Hispanic Arts
New York, New York

2004-2006
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

2004
Los Pleneros de la 21 Community Activism Award
New York, New York

2003
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center Community Award
New York, New York

1998 – 1999
Dean K. Harrison Dissertation Fellowship
Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY

1994 – 1998
MAGNET Fellowship,
Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY

1994 – 1997
National Science Foundation Minority Fellowship

1992
Honors Degree,
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

1988
National Merit Scholarship, College Board of Puerto Rico

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Professional References

Juan Flores, Full Professor, Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, New York
Address: 20 Cooper Square, 4th floor, New York, NY 10003-7112

Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University
Address: 422 Hamilton Hall, M.C. 2880, 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027

Jorge Duany, Full Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Address: Apartado 23345, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3345

Deborah Pacini-Hernandez, Associate Professor and Director, American Studies and Latino Studies Programs, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Address: Eaton Hall 107, Medford, MA, 02155