Rudy Mondragón

Academic Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Rudy Mondragón, “Boxing Ring Entrances as Insubordinate Spaces: A Disruptive Oral History,” Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies. (2022)

Ryan E. Gildersleeve, Corey Rumann, & Rudy Mondragón, “Serving Undocumented Students: Current Law and Policy,” New Directions in Student Affairs. (2010)

Books and Book Chapters 

Rudy Mondragón, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard (eds.), Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion. (Under Review, University of Illinois Press)

Rudy Mondragón, “Yo Soy José De Avenal: The Deployment of Expressive Culture in Disruptive Ring Entrances,” in Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion, (eds.) Rudy Mondragón, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard. (Under Review, University of Illinois Press)

Policy Briefs

Rudy Mondragón, Abel Valenzuela, & José M. Hernández, “Down But Not Out: Labor Struggles for Professional Boxers in California’s Ring,” Latino Policy and Politics Insititute. (2024)

Book and Film Reviews

Rudy Mondragón, review of Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora, by José M. Alamillo, for Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. (2021)

Rudy Mondragón, film review of Champs, for Journal of Sport History. (2018)

Rudy Mondragón, review of I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood 1880-1915, by Louis Moore, for International Review for the Sociology of Sport. (2018)

Published Oral History

Kali Reis, “Kali Reis: Professional Midweight Champion Boxer” conducted by Rudy Mondragón in 2019, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. (2020)