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Raquel Z. Rivera, Ph.D. is a writer and professor, currently a Research Fellow at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, New York City. During the Fall of 2006, she will be teaching the course “From Hip Hop to Reggaeton: New Directions in Latino Youth Cultures” at Columbia University. She is presently co-editing an anthology titled Reading Reggaeton: Historical, Aesthetic and Critical Perspectives with Deborah Pacini-Hernandez and Wayne Marshall. She is also conducting research and writing about the redefinition of “traditional” Caribbean music by young people, particularly in the case of Puerto Rican bomba and Dominican palos and salves. Her book New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2003 and is already in its fifth printing. Her academic articles on popular culture have been published in various books and journals. (Click on Curriculum Vitae for complete listing.) A freelance journalist, her articles have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers, among these: Vibe, One World, Urban Latino, El Diario/La Prensa, Hoy, The San Juan Star, El Nuevo Dia, Claridad and Dialogo. A sought-after lecturer and panelist, she has done numerous presentations at colleges, conferences, schools and community-based organizations throughout the United States, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Since the summer of 2005, she has been one of the participants of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop tour. Her essays, short stories and poetry have been featured in journals, newspapers and literary websites, including Hostos Review/Revista Hostosiana, El Nuevo Dia, Claridad, Siempre, El Femur de Tu Padre and The Latino Artists Roundtable webpage. She is working on her first novel entitled The Red Behind the Blue and collaborating with artist Tanya Torres on a book of images and essays dedicated to Mary Magdalene. A singer-songwriter, she is a founding and former member of Boricua roots music group
Yerbabuena, and currently works with bomba group
Alma Moyo. She is also a founding member of Yaya, an all-women’s musical collective dedicated to Dominican salves and Puerto Rican bomba. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she has lived in New York City since 1994 and is a resident of El Barrio (East Harlem). To contact Raquel Z. Rivera email raquelzrivera@gmail.com
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