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CURRICULUM
VITAE -- PERSONAL
New York, NY 10029
E-mail: rzrd@aol.com |
EDUCATION
2000 Ph.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
1994 - present
Freelance Journalist
Contributor to newspapers El Diario/La Prensa and Hoy
in New York, and El Nuevo Día, The San Juan Star
and Claridad in Puerto Rico; and to magazines Críticas,
One World, In the House, New York Latino
and Stress, among others.
1992 - present
Freelance Editor, Translator, Interpreter and Proofreader
Provide services 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.; among others
2000 - 2001
Producer and News Editor, Radio WADO, 1280 AM, New York
Duties: Produce "Primera Plana" current affairs show.
Write and edit morning news.
Supervisor: Josiván Padilla, News Director
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Rivera, R.Z. (2003). New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martin's.
BOOK AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
Rivera, R.Z. (2002). "Hip Hop and New York Puerto Rican
Identities." In Latina/o Popular Culture, ed. Mary
Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán. New York: 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,
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, Center
for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 1:
52-65.
SELECTED NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Rivera, R.Z. (2002). “Fat Joe: Al amparo del dios del trueno.”
In the House Magazine, 22.
Rivera, R. Z. (2002). “Hip hop: Mitos y raíces.” In the
House Magazine, 21: 48: 24-25.
Rivera, R.Z. (2001). "Fat Joe: Lider del 'Terror
Squad'." El Diario/La Prensa, June 29: 37.
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). "Una boda al estilo 'hip hop'." Hoy,
December 28: 14.
Rivera, R.Z. (1999). "Vico C." New York Latino,
Summer: 36-37.
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). "Rice and Beans and Hip Hop
Politics." The San Juan Star, March 3: 14 (Venue).
Rivera, R.Z. (1995). "Two Guanábanas and a Little
Mayhem." The San Juan Star, September 10: 10-11
(Venue).
Rivera, R.Z. (1995). "Del underground a la superficie."
Claridad, February 10-16: 29.
Oquendo, Carmen and R.Z. Rivera (1994). "Rapeando en
puertorriqueño." Claridad, June 10-16: 22-23.
Rivera, R.Z. (1994). "¿Que el rap no es cultura?" Claridad,
March 4-10: 26.
LECTURES AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Rivera, R.Z. (April 2002). “Nacionalismo cultural: Raíces que
matan, raíces que dan vida.” 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. (March 1998). "Rap in Puerto Rico: Reflections
from the Margins." Paper presented at the panel
Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora, York College,
Queens, New York.
Rivera, R.Z. (October 1997). "Rap in Puerto Rico:
Reflections from the Margins." Paper presented at the panel
Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora, State
University of New York, Albany, New York.
Rivera, R.Z. (September 1997). "Rap in Puerto Rico:
Reflections from the Margins." Paper presented at the panel
Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora, Hunter
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.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
1993 First Prize in essay category, Contornos Literary Contest
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1992 Honors Degree,
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1988 National Merit Scholarship, College Board of Puerto Rico
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Juan Flores, Full Professor, Department of Sociology, Graduate
Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York
Address: Sociology Department, CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4309
Angel Quintero Rivera, Full Professor, Department of Social
Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Address: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931
Gerson Borrero, Editor in Chief, El Diario/La Prensa, New York,
New York
Address: 345 Hudson Street, 13th floor
New York, NY 10014
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