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Michael Rivera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BA in Music & BS in Biological Science, Florida State University<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Materials Development and Pedagogy for Indigenous Language Revitalization, Philippine Sociolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Translation Studies, Translanguaging, Arts-based Approaches to Public Health<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelpr<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rivera, M. (2017). Music, Media, and the Ethnopoetics of Two Ebola Songs in Liberia. Africa Today, 63(3), 63\u201376. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2979\/africatoday.63.3.05<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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