Patrick Rivers is an ethnomusicologist and Associate Professor of Music at the University of New Haven. He researches the impact of technology and recording on the aesthetic choices, group organization, and self-identification of creators and consumers of music. He is co-author of the 33 1/3 series entry on Camp Lo’s Uptown Saturday Night and the author of the forthcoming The Mad Science of Hip Hop: The Technology, Practice, and Heritage of Beat Making.Courses Taught:MUSC 1111 – Introduction to MusicMUSC 1112 – Introduction to World MusicMUSC 2211 – History of RockMUSC 2212 – Hip Hop: Culture, History, and MusicMUSC 4416 – Advanced Performance/ResearchMUSC 4451 – Race, Ethnicity & Music: Black Music in the Americas (Honors)MUSR 4451 – Hip Hop Technology