Rudy Mondragón

Academic Publications

Books and Book Chapters 

R Mondragón, “Sonic Narratives in Boxing Spaces: Branding, Solidarity, and Ideological Reinforcements Through Music,” The Sound of Victory: Music, Sport, and Society, eds. Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox, NYU Press, Forthcoming 2026.

R Mondragón, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard (eds.), Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion, University of Illinois Press, 2025.

R 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, University of Illinois Press, Forthcoming 2025.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

R Mondragón “‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way, There Is Another Way of Doing It’: An Interview with Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran,” Journal of Sport History 52, no. 2 (2025): 89–115 .

R Mondragón, “Sporting Representations of El Salvador’s First World Champion: El Famoso and his Boxing Robe as Material Culture,” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies 50, no. 1 (2025): 81–108.

R 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

R 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

R 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.

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

R 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.