Rudy Mondragón

Academic Publications

Books and Book Chapters 

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

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Rudy Mondragón, “‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way, There Is Another Way of Doing It’: An Interview with Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran.” Under review, Journal of Sport History.

Rudy Mondragón, “Boxing Ring Entrances as Insubordinate Spaces: A Disruptive Oral History.” Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies 9, no. 2 (2022): 388–414.

Ryan E. Gildersleeve, Corey Rumann, and Rudy Mondragón, “Serving Undocumented Students: Current Law and Policy.” New Directions for Student Affairs no. 131 (2010): 5–18.

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 Institute, 2024.

Book and Film Reviews

Rudy Mondragón, review of Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora, by José M. Alamillo. Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 46, no. 2 (2021): 239–242.

Rudy Mondragón, film review of Champs. Journal of Sport History 45, no. 2 (2018): 229–230.

Rudy Mondragón, review of I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood 1880-1915, by Louis Moore. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, (2018): 1–4.

Published Oral History

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