Díaz, Vanessa, and Petra Rivera-Rideau [equal authorship]. “Esta es mi tierra/Esta soy yo: Teaching US Colonialism and Resistance through Bad Bunny.” Latino Studies 22 (2024): 562-570.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “When Tía Ate the Telegram: Defiance, Solidarity, and Multipoetic Sensorial Listening.” Small Axe 26.2 (2022): 154-162.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “Reinventing Enrique Iglesias: Constructing Latino Whiteness in the Latin Urban Scene.” Latino Studies, 17.4 (2019): 467-483.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R., and Jericko Torres-Leschnik. “The Colors and Flavors of Puerto Rico”: Mapping “Despacito”’s Crossovers.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 31.1 (2019): 87-108.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “‘If I Were You’: Tego Calderón’s Diasporic Interventions." Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 55 (2018): 55-69.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R., Omaris Z. Zamora, Sandy Plácido, and Dixa Ramírez. “Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms.” Latinx Talk online publication. November 28, 2017.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “From Carolina to Loíza: Race, Place, and Puerto Rican Racial Democracy.” Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. 20.5 (2013): 616-632.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “Cocolos Modernos: Salsa, Reggaetón, and the Cultural Politics of Blackness.” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 8.1 (2013): 1-19.
Rivera, Petra R. “‘Tropical Mix’: Afro-Latino Space and Notch’s Reggaetón.” Popular Music and Society. 34.2 (2011): 221-235.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “Race, Latinidad, and Latin Pop: CNCO and Reggaetón in the Mainstream.” Oxford Handbook of Global Popular Music, ed. Simone Krueger Bridge. Online publication April 2021; print publication forthcoming.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “From Panama to the Bay: Los Rakas’ Expressions of Afrolatinidad.” In La Verdad: A Reader of Hip-Hop Latinidades. Melissa Castillo-Garsow and Jason Nichols, eds. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2016.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R., Jennifer A. Jones, and Tianna S. Paschel. “Introduction: Theorizing Afrolatinidades.” In Afro-Latinos in Movement: Critical Approaches to Blackness and Transnationalism in the Americas. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Jennifer A. Jones, and Tianna S. Paschel, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “Panabay Pride: A Conversation with Los Rakas.” In Afro-Latinos in Movement: Critical Approaches to Blackness and Transnationalism in the Americas. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Jennifer A. Jones, and Tianna S. Paschel, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra. "Latin Grammys Snubs Abound -- but Bad Bunny's producers deserve nominations." De Los/Los Angeles Times. September 22, 2025.
Díaz, Vanessa, and Petra Rivera-Rideau [equal authorship]. “Bad Bunny’s New Album is So Much More than a Love Letter to Puerto Rico.” Latina. January 15, 2025
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. and Vanessa Díaz [equal authorship]. “Bad Bunny’s historic, headlining Coachella set warrants serious coverage.” The Washington Post. May 22, 2023.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “Gasolina.” National Recording Registry, Library of Congress, 2023.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. and Vanessa Díaz [equal authorship]. “From Spanish to English to Spanish: How Shakira’s VMA Performance Showcases the New Moment in Latin Music ‘Crossover.’” Sounding Out! October 2, 2023.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “What J-Lo and Shakira Missed in their Super Bowl Halftime Show.” The Washington Post. February 4, 2020.
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R. “2017 Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber.” PBS American Experience Songs of the Summer Series. August 25, 2020.