Francesca Rivera
Coordinator, Music Program, Assistant Professor, Music
Received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College; M.A. in
ethnomusicology from UC Berkeley; doctoral candidate for
ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley completing her dissertation about
Panamanian traditional folk music called "Mucho mas que un canal:
Musical Emblems of the Panamanian Nation".
Research Areas
Latin American folk and traditional music
mestizo/mixed-race identity
nationalist movements in post-colonial societies
popular music theory and methodology
