
BA in Music & BS in Biological Science, Florida State University
Research Interests: Materials Development and Pedagogy for Indigenous Language Revitalization, Philippine Sociolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Translation Studies, Translanguaging, Arts-based Approaches to Public Health
Selected Publications:
Rivera, M. (2017). Music, Media, and the Ethnopoetics of Two Ebola Songs in Liberia. Africa Today, 63(3), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.63.3.05
Rivera, M. (2015, December 3-6). Singing Ebola: Music, Media and Cultural Messages in West Africa.[Paper presentation]. Society for Ethnomusicology 60th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/SEM+2015-+Sessions+9A+%2526+10A/1_amm9ekny