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Publications List

A selected list of Dr. Rivera's published books, essays, articles, and catalog contributions.

George Rivera, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Art History
University of Colorado Boulder · Denver, Colorado

Selected Works

Art Books

2017

George Rivera with Beth Krensky, Globalocational Art: The Artnauts in Palestine. Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.

2016

DJLU and George Rivera, Señalética por un Mundo Mejor. Impresol Ediciones, Bogotá.

1990

George Rivera, HIV/AIDS: Images of Hispanic Youth. Mile High Chapter, American Red Cross, Denver, Colorado.

Scholarly Writing

Art Articles

2020

George Rivera, “DJLU: Street Art,” International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, Volume 7, Issue 7, June 2020.

2017

George Rivera, “The Diaspora Speaks,” in Diaspora and Identity, Mitri Raheb (ed.). Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.

2016

George Rivera, Jorge Eduardo Canas Lopez, and members of The Semiotic Sound Art Collective (Spain) et al., “Border Noise: Physical Limits and Social Resonance,” L’Autre Musique Revue, LAM 4, Préambule.

Academic Research

Shamanism & Curanderismo Articles

1990

Rivera, George Jr. AIDS and Mexican folk medicine. Sociology and Social Research, 75, 3–7.

1988

Rivera, G., Lucero, A., & Regoli, R. M. Contemporary curanderismo: A study of mental health agency and home clientele in a practicing curandera. Journal of Radical Therapy, Vol. XIII, Nos. 1 & 2, 52–57.

1988

Rivera, G. Hispanic folk medicine utilization in urban Colorado. Sociology and Social Research, 72(4), 237–241.

1986

Rivera, G. Jr. Curanderismo and childhood illnesses. The Social Science Journal, 23(3), 361–372.

1986

Wanderer, J. J., & Rivera, G. Jr. Black magic beliefs and white magic practices: The common structure of intimacy, tradition, and power. The Social Science Journal, 23(4), 419–430.

1981

Rivera, George Jr., & Lucero, Aileen. Curanderos: A study of patients and non-patients in an urban Chicano barrio. Bueno Center of Multicultural Education Monograph Series, Volume 2, Number 3. Boulder, Colorado.

1979

Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio: A study of envidia and susto. In D. N. Majumdar Memorial Volume. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society Publications, Lucknow, India.

1978

Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio: A study of envidia and susto. The Eastern Anthropologist, 31(4), 433–449.

Poetry Collections

Poetry

2025

If Peace Could Only Come. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.

2022

Poet in Palestine. Modern Arab Press, Palestine.

2022

Valentine Poems. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.

2019

The Bones of My Brother. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Illustrated Books for Young Readers

Children’s Books

2023

Peace/Mir Now & Forever / Sada i Zauvijek, translated by Llana Kulina. International Peace Center, Sarajevo.

2012

Cinco de Mayo: Patriotic Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. Nuevo Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.

2009

Cholo in the Clouds with Sky — Memory Adventures with Cholo, Vato and Pano. New Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.

1998

Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado, Colorado Council on the Arts / President's Fund for the Humanities, Boulder, Colorado.

1994

A Migrant Child's Dream: Farm Worker Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. University of Colorado, Outreach Council, Boulder, Colorado.

Who Am I? Family Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado Office of Community Relations, Boulder, Colorado.

Full publications list available upon request — george.rivera@colorado.edu