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EDUCATION 2000Ph.D. Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York 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, Puerto Rico 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, Rhode Island Concentration: Development Studies Honors Thesis: National Development in the Political Thought of Pedro Albizu Campos Chairperson: Paget Henry, Ph.D. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2006Research Fellow Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College New York, New York Conducted research on reggaeton and “traditional” Caribbean music, focusing on 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. 1994 - present Freelance Journalist Contributor to newspapers El Diario/La Prensa, Hoy and Siempre in New York, and El Nuevo Día, The San Juan Star and Claridad in Puerto Rico; and to magazines Vibe, Urban Latino, One World, In the House, New York Latino and Stress, among others 2004-2006 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Sociology,Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Conducted research on reggaeton and “traditional” Caribbean 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 Editor, Translator, Interpreter and Proofreader Freelancer for Booklinks Publishing Services, Queens, New York; The Bravo Group, New York, New York; El Nuevo Día, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Towers Perrin Consulting Firm, Washington D.C. 2000 - 2001 Producer and News Editor, Radio WADO, 1280 AM, New York Producer of "Primera Plana" current affairs show. Writer and News Editor of morning news show. Supervisor: Josiván Padilla, News Director PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Rivera, R.Z. (2003). New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.BOOK AND JOURNAL ARTICLES Rivera, R.Z. (forthcoming)."Between Blackness and Latinidad." In A Companion to Latino Studies, ed. Renato Rosaldo and Juan Flores. Massachusetts: Blackwell. Rivera, R.Z. (in press). "Will the ‘Real’ Puerto Rican Culture Please Stand Up?: Some Thoughts On Cultural Nationalism.” In None of the Above: Contemporary Puerto Rican Cultures and Politics, 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 of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, 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 of the 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. SELECTED NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES Rivera, R.Z. (2005).“Abuela Luz.” Hostos Review/Revista Hostosiana, no. 2: 82-88. Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Jean-Michel Basquiat: radiante griot, nuestro grillo.” El Nuevo Día, June 26: 2 (Letras). Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Más vieja es la brisa.” Claridad, January 20-26: 30. Rivera, R.Z. (2004). “De un pájaro las dos patas.” http://www.lartny.org/ensayo_rzrivera.htm Rivera, R.Z. (2005). “Entre la fe y el mercurio.” Claridad, March 3-9: 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. (2002). “Fat Joe: al amparo del dios del trueno.” In the House Magazine, 22: 24-25. Rivera, R.Z. (2001). “Noches de poesía: un oasis literario.” Hoy, October 7: 2. Rivera, R.Z. (2001). "Teatro al estilo hip hop toma a Nueva York." El Diario/La Prensa, June 27: 37. Rivera, R.Z. (2001). "Un año sin Big Punisher." El Nuevo Día, February 9: 112. Rivera, R.Z. (2000). “San Romero del Bronx: Un ministerio de justicia.” Claridad, December 8-14: 26-27. Rivera, R.Z. (1997). "Not Hip Hop But Rap Cubano: Cuba's 3rd Annual National Rap Festival." Stress, 10, December: 84-86. 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). Rivera, R.Z. (1994). "¿Que el rap no es cultura?" Claridad, March 4-10: 26. SELECTED LECTURES AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS 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. (February 2006). “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.” Guest lecture sponsored by the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies, Baruch College, New York, NY. 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. (September 2003). “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.” Guest lecture sponsored by Minority Student Services, Central Michigan University, Michigan. Rivera, R.Z. (July 2003). “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.” Guest lecture at Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba. Rivera, R.Z. (May 2003). “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.” Guest lecture sponsored by the American Studies and Latin American Studies Department at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Rivera, R.Z. (March 2003). “Hip Hop and New York Puerto Ricans: Scholarship and Pedagogy.” Paper presented at the XXIV Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas, Texas. Rivera, R.Z. (April 2002). “Cultural Nationalism: Roots That Give Life, Roots That Kill”. Paper presented at The Puerto Rican ‘Vacilón’: A Conference on Current Debates in Puerto Rican Culture and Politics, sponsored by The Center for Latin American Studies, University of Miami, Florida. Rivera, R.Z. (March 2001). "New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone." Guest lecture sponsored by the Anthropology Department, Tufts University, Somerville, Massachusetts. Rivera, R.Z. (March 2000). "Hip Hop and New York Puerto Rican Identities." Paper presented at the XXII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, Florida. Rivera, R.Z. (March 2000). "Butta Pecan Mamis: Images of Caribbean Latinas in Contemporary Pop Culture." Paper presented at the First Annual Conference on African Women and Their Descendants in the Caribbean and Latin America, Baruch College, New York, New York. Rivera, R.Z. (November 1999). "Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Aquí y Allá." Guest lecture sponsored by the Amerian Civilization Department and the Federación de Estudiantes Puertorriqueños, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Rivera, R.Z. (November 1999). "Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Aquí y Allá." Guest lecture sponsored by the American Studies Department and Casa Latina, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Rivera, R.Z. (October 1999). "What's So Real About Real Hip Hop: Latinas/os and the Urban Arts." Guest lecture sponsored by the Sociology Department and the Chicana/Chicano Student Caucus, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Rivera, R.Z. (October 1998). "Policing Morality: The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico." Paper presented at the Third International Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York. Rivera, R.Z. (October 1998). "Gender Identities and Representations in Hip Hop Culture." Paper presented at the conference Puerto Rican Women at the Turn of the Century: The Challenge of Double Colonization, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rivera, R.Z. (September 1998). "Hip Hop, Puerto Ricans and Ethno-Racial Politics in New York: Between Latinidad and Virtual Blackness." Paper presented at the XXI Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois. Rivera, R.Z. (April 1998). "Youth Identities and Power in Rap Music." Paper presented at the conference Race and the Construction of the Puerto Rican Identity, Baruch College, New York, New York. Rivera, R.Z. (September 1996). "Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Notes on Race and Ethnic Relations in New York City." Paper presented at the Second International Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rivera, R.Z. (August 1996). "Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Notes on Race and Ethnic Relations in New York City." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York, New York. Rivera, R.Z. and Oquendo, Carmen (April 1994). "El rap en Puerto Rico: reclamando espacios culturales." Guest lecture sponsored by the Hispanic Studies Department, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS Rap Sessions: A Community Dialogue on Race and Hip-Hop. Panel discussion featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Ernie Paniccioli, Raquel Z. Rivera 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 featuring authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Ernie Paniccioli, Raquel Z. Rivera 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 with 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 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. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Latin American Studies AssociationPuerto Rican Studies Association EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES 2003-present 2006 BOARD MEMBERSHIP 2006Latino Studies journal, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 2005-present Afro-Latino Project, Queens College, Flushing, New York 2004-present Los Pleneros de la 21, New York, New York HONORS AND AWARDS 2004-2006Andrew W. Mellon Post-doctoral 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, New York 1994 - 1998 MAGNET Fellowship, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York 1994 - 1997 National Science Foundation Minority Fellowship 1992 Honors Degree, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 1988 National Merit Scholarship, College Board of Puerto Rico PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Juan Flores, Full Professor, Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis, |
Raquel Z. Rivera, Ph.D.
