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E-Mail: petra.r.rivera@gmail.com Website: www.petrariverarideau.weebly.com EDUCATION Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, African Diaspora Studies May 2010 Dissertation: Orgulloso de mi Caserío y de Quien Soy : Race, Place, and Space in Puerto Rican Reggaetón Committee: Percy C. Hintzen (chair), Leigh Raiford, Jocelyne Guilbault M.A. University of California, Berkeley, African Diaspora Studies May 2006 B.A. Harvard University, African American Studies magna cum laude with highest honors in field. Certificate in Latin American Studies. Universidad de la Habana, Havana, Cuba. Semester Study Abroad through Butler University May 2003 August December 2001 POSITIONS HELD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Richmond Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies Richmond, VA August 2010 - Present ACADEMIC HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS The Carter G. Woodson Institute Post-doctoral Residential Research and Teaching Fellowship, University of Virginia (declined) 2012 Tocqueville Seminars Summer Institute, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2011 Consortium for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges Postdoctoral Fellowship, Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2010 Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship, Social Science Research Council 2007 Puerto Rican Diaspora Research Grant, Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Hunter College) 2007 Dean s Normative Time Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley 2007 Peter Rollins-Michael Shoenecke Conference Travel Grant, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Tinker Summer Field Research Grant, Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley 2007 2005 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities, National Academy of Sciences (3 years) 2004 Chancellor s Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (3 years) 2004 Cornel West Prize in African American Studies, Harvard University 2003

Page 2 of 7 Center for the Study of World Religions Undergraduate Thesis Grant, Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Harvard University 2002 2002 PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles Rivera, Petra R. Tropical Mix : Afro-Latino Space and Notch s Reggaetón. Popular Music and Society. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 221-235. 2011 Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. Cocolos Modernos: Salsa, Reggaetón, and the Cultural Politics of Blackness. Revise and Resubmit for Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. Forthcoming. Articles Currently Under Review Rivera, Petra R. From Carolina to Loíza: Blackness, Place, and Puerto Rican Racial Democracy. Under Review for Social Identities. Invited Book Reviews Rivera, Petra R. Triple Consciousness. Transitions Magazine, No. 105, pp. 156-163. Review of The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States, Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, eds. Duke University Press, 2010. Rivera, Petra R. Review of Reggaeton, Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernández, eds. Duke University Press, 2009. Latino Studies. Forthcoming. Rivera, Petra R. Review of Puerto Rican Citizen, Lorrin Thomas, University of Chicago Press, 2010. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Forthcoming. 2011 Works in Progress Todo Puerto Rico!: Race and Diaspora in Puerto Rican Reggaetón. Book Manuscript in Progress. Fingernails con Feeling: Love and Vengeance in Ivy Queen s Reggaetón. Article Manuscript in Progress. Buenos Días, Nueva York: Urban Landscapes and Dominican Identities in Bachata Urbana Music Videos. Article Manuscript in Progress.

Page 3 of 7 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - Fingernails con Feeling: Love, Vengeance, and Race in Ivy Queen s Reggaetón. Cultural Studies Association Conference. San Diego, CA. March 31, 2012. - Black Boricua: Ambivalence, Place, and Blackness in Tego Calderón s Reggaetón. Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference. Hartford, CT. October 23, 2010. - Creating a Diaspora Space: Underground, Housing Projects, and Racial Democracy in Puerto Rico. Paper presented at Latin American Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. October 8, 2010. - Base y Fundamento: Underground, Race, and Diaspora Space in Puerto Rico. Cultural Studies Association Conference, University of California, Berkeley. March 20, 2010. - Africa Me Llama : Race, Place, and Diaspora in Tego Calderón s Reggaetón. St. Clair Drake Forum, African American Studies Department, University of California Berkeley. May 12, 2009. - To Perrear or not to Perrear: Moral Panic, Reggaetón, and Female Sexuality in Puerto Rico. Latin Dance and Globalization Area at Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 9, 2009. - To Perrear or not to Perrear: Moral Panic, Reggaetón, and Female Sexuality in Puerto Rico. Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley. December 4, 2008. - Roundtable Participant, Historical and Theoretical Dimensions of Afro-Latino Identity. Radical Philosophy Association Conference, San Francisco State University. November 8, 2008. - Soca, Reggae, Reggaetón, Tropical Mix : Afro-Latino Spaces and Notch s Reggaetón. Race, and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) section of Latin American Studies Association Conference. University of California, San Diego. May 23, 2008. - Soca, Reggae, Reggaetón, Tropical Mix : Afro-Latino Spaces and Notch s Reggaetón. Theorizing Blackness Conference, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. April 4, 2008. - Tegology/Tegología: Community and African Diaspora Space in Tego Calderón s Reggaetón. Global Movements, Local Identities: Race, Space, and the African Diaspora in Latin America. Afro-Latino Working Group and UCLA Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics. University of California, Los Angeles. March 6, 2008. - Placing Blackness: Representations of Race and Culture in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Studies Association. Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. May 31, 2007. - Hot Tamales: Racialization, Latinidad, and Popular Music in the U.S. Annual St. Clair Drake Forum, African American Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley. May 14, 2007.

Page 4 of 7 - Hot Tamales: Racialization, Latinidad, and Popular Music in the U.S. Black Music Culture Area, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference. Berklee College of Music. Boston, MA. April 6, 2007. - Bomba Ideology: Cultural Representations of Race and National Identity in Puerto Rico. Any Enemy of the Black Man is an Enemy of Me: Definitions of Afro-Latino and Afro-Latin American Identity in the New Millennium. The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. March 17, 2006. - Cultural Representations of Race and National Identity in Puerto Rico. Tinker Graduate Student Symposium, Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. February 15, 2006. INVITED PRESENTATIONS - Roundtable Participant, Precious Knowledge film screening, Latin American and Iberian Studies Department, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. March 19, 2012. - Latino Popular Music and Identity. Café con Leche Series, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. January 26, 2012. - Puerto Ricans in Ohio. Cultural Connections Series, Boatwright Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. October 5, 2011. - On Senators, Beauty Queens, and Strippers. Latin American and Iberian Studies Colloquium, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. March 28, 2011. - Reggaetón Music, Race, and National Identity in Puerto Rico. CubaCaribe Festival/Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA. April 15, 2010. - Reggaetón and Hip Hop. Lecture for African American Studies 5A, University of California, Berkeley. November 24, 2009. - Puerto Ricans of Lorain, Ohio. Lecture for African American Studies 27AC, University of California, Berkeley. October 29, 2009. - Representations of Blackness in Puerto Rico s Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Displaying Diaspora Symposium, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA. October 23, 2009. - African Presence in the Spanish Caribbean. African Presence in Mexico exhibit, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. May 17, 2009. - History of Reggaetón. Interview for La Raza Chronicles radio program at KPFA (FM 94.1). Berkeley, CA. February 24, 2010.

Page 5 of 7 TEACHING Primary Instructor Afro-Latina/o Identities in the U.S., Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond (upper division, undergraduate, bilingual (Spanish/English) course). Developed with support of Pedagogical Grant for Tocqueville Seminars for Transnational American Studies from the University of Richmond. Latina/o Popular Music and Migration in the U.S., Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond (upper division, undergraduate, bilingual (Spanish/English) course) U.S. Latina/o Literature, Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond (upper division, undergraduate, bilingual (Spanish/English) course) The African Diaspora in Latin America, Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond (upper division, undergraduate, bilingual (Spanish/English) course) Afro-Latinos in the Spanish Caribbean, African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley (freshman writing seminar, undergraduate) Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Summer 2010 Graduate Student Instructor African American Life and Culture in the United States, Professor Brandi Wilkins Catanese, African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley (lower division, undergraduate) African American Life and Culture in the United States, Professor Ray Black, African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley (lower division, undergraduate) Race, Culture, and Identity in the United States and Brazil, Professor Stephen Small, African American Studies and International Programs, University of California, Berkeley (upper division, undergraduate, part of study abroad program in Salvador da Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Fall 2009 Fall 2005 Summer 2005 Advising Advised Senior Research Projects presented at Senior Symposium, Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond 2011 and 2012 Teaching Interests: Latina/o Studies; African Diaspora Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Race & Ethnicity; Popular Culture; Interdisciplinary Methodologies

Page 6 of 7 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE Journals Reviewer, Latino Studies Conferences and Speaker Series Afro-Latina/o Hip Hop Speaker Series Co-Organizer (Featuring Ariel Fernández Díaz and Raquel Z. Rivera), University of Richmond, February-March 2012. Program Committee Member, Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference, 2007 Conference Organizer, Afro-Latino Working Group, University of California, Berkeley, 2007 Other Planning Committee Member, Latina/o Heritage Month, University of Richmond, 2011-2012 Admissions Committee Member, African Diaspora Studies Ph.D. Program, University of California, Berkeley, 2009 & 2007 Graduate Student Representative, African American Studies Departmental Retreat, University of California, Berkeley, 2009 Graduate Student Representative, African American Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, 2006-2007 Graduate Student Representative, African American Studies Department External Review, University of California, Berkeley, 2006 UC Berkeley Latina/o Graduate Student Association, Founding Member, 2005-2007 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Studies Association Caribbean Studies Association Modern Languages Association Latin American Studies Association Puerto Rican Studies Association Cultural Studies Association LANGUAGES Spanish (Fluent) Portuguese (Conversant)

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