Stagnant Dreamers: How the Inner City Shapes the Integration of Second Generation Latinos (2019) Russell Sage Foundation.
~ Winner of the 2020 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
~Winner of the 2020 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, Latina/o Sociology section, American Sociological Association
~ Honorable Mention, 2020 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, International Migration section, American Sociological Association
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Rendón, María G., Ashley Hernandez, and David Schaefer. Forthcoming. “Social Reproduction at a Minority Serving Institution: STEM Capital Disparities among Children of Immigrants.” Sociology of Education.
Noli Alvarez Kaitlyn and María G. Rendón. 2024. “Epistemic Maneuvers as Mechanisms of Environmental Racism: How Pesticide Exposure Is Sustained Against Mexican Farmworkers.” Environmental Sociology.
Nevarez Martinez Deyanira, Maria G. Rendón and Diego Arroyo. 2019. “Los Olvidados/The Forgotten: Reconceptualizing Colonias as Viable Communities.” Progress in Planning.
Rendón, Maria G. March 2019. ““There’s Nothing Holding Us Back:” The Enduring and Shifting Cultural Outlooks of Inner City Second Generation Latinos.” City and Community.
Rendón, Maria G., Adriana Aldana and Laureen D. Hom. June 2018. “Children of Latino Immigrants Framing Race: Making Sense of Criminalization in a Colorblind Era.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
~ 2021 Kimberlé Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems
~2020 Distinguished Contribution to Research Article Award, Honorable Mention, Latina/o Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
~ 2018 Dean’s Inclusionary Excellence Award, School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine
Rendón, Maria G. April 2015. “The Urban Question and Identity Formation: The Case of Second Generation Mexican Males in Los Angeles.” Ethnicities. 15(2)
Rendón, Maria G. February 2014. ““Caught Up:” How Urban Violence and Peer Ties Contribute to High School Non-Completion.” Social Problems. 61 (1)
Rendón, Maria G. 2013. “Drop Out and Disconnected Young Adults: Examining the Impact of Neighborhood and School Contexts.” The Urban Review.
Briggs, Xavier de Souza, Kadija Ferryman, Susan Popkin, and Maria G. Rendón. Spring 2008. “Why Didn’t the Moving to Opportunity Experiment Get Children to Better Schools?” Housing Policy Debate.19 (1)
Frank, Reanne, Magdalena Cerda and Maria G. Rendón. September 2007. “Barrios and Burbs: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behavior among Angeleno Adolescents.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 48 (3)
Book Chapters
Rendón, María G. Forthcoming. “Latinx Families in American Cities: Adapting to and Managing Urban Risks over Time” in Growing up Latinx in the Land of Liberty: Drawing on Community and Culture to Face Contextual Challenges, Rosario Ceballo and Deborah Rivas-Drake (editors). Oxford University Press.
Rendón, María G., Deyanira Nevarez-Martinez and Maya Parvati Kulkarni. 2023. “Latinos’ Housing Inequality: Local Historical Context and the Relational Formation of Segregation” in Sociology of Housing: An Edited Book, Brian McCabe and Eva Rosen (editors). University of Chicago Press.
Rendón, Maria G. 2015. Dynamics of Urban Neighborhood Reciprocity: Latino Peer Ties, Violence and the Navigation of School Failure and Success. In G. Q. Conchas, M. Gottfried (Eds.), Inequality, Power, and School Success: Case Studies on Racial Disparity and Opportunity in Education. New York, New York: Routledge.
Policy Briefs
Ferryman, Kadija S., Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin and Maria G. Rendón. March 2008. “Do Better Neighborhoods for MTO Families Mean Better Schools?” Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center. Urban Institute. Brief No. 3