Petra Rivera-Rideau

Petra Rivera-Rideau is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech. She previously held a postdoctoral fellowship in Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Richmond through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges. Her research focuses on race in Latin America and the Caribbean, diaspora studies, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on Puerto Rican reggaeton’s intersections of race, gender, and national identity.

Her current book manuscript, Todo Puerto Rico!: Race and Diaspora in Puerto Rican Reggaeton, explores these themes. She has published in journals such as Popular Music and Society, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, and Transitions Magazine.