Books
Gentrification and Inequality in Brooklyn: The New Kids on the
Block, Judith N. DeSena, Lexington Books, 2009.
Gender in an Urban World, Judith N. DeSena (ed.), Emerald
Publishing Group, 2008.
Protecting One's Turf: Social Strategies for Maintaining Urban
Neighborhoods, revised edition, Judith N. DeSena, University Press
of America, 2005.
People Power: Grass Roots Politics and Race Relations, Judith N.
DeSena, University Press of America, 1999.
Italian Americans in a Multicultural Society. Jerome Krase and
Judith N. DeSena (eds.), New York: Forum Italicum, 1994.
Protecting One's Turf: Social Strategies for Maintaining Urban
Neighborhoods, Judith N. DeSena, University Press of America,
1990.
Contemporary Readings in Sociology, Judith N. DeSena (ed.),
Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co., 1989.
Journal Articles and Chapters in Edited
Books
“Gentrification, Tracking, and Inequality,” Judith N. DeSena and
George Ansalone. The Educational Research Quarterly, (Forthcoming,
Fall 2009)
“What’s A Mother To Do?: Gentrification, School Selection, and the
Consequences for Community Cohesion,” Judith N. DeSena. American
Behavioral Scientist, 503 (October 2006): 241-257.
“Mobilizing Social Capital Through Community Struggle,” Judith N.
DeSena. In Community Based Organizations in Contemporary Urban
Society: The Intersection of Social Capital and Local Context,
edited by Robert Mark Silverman. Wayne State University Press,
2004.
“Gendered Space and Women’s Community Work,” Judith N. DeSena. In
Research in Urban Sociology, Volume V, edited by Ray Hutchison. JAI
Press, 2000.
"Involved and ‘There’: The Activities of Italian American Women,”
Judith N. DeSena. Reprinted in The Review of Italian American
Studies. Edited by Frank Sorrentino and Jerome Krase. Lexington
Books, 2000.
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation," Judith
N. DeSena. Reprinted in Race and Ethnicity: An Anthology. Edited by
Charles Gallagher. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999.
“Low Income Women and Community Power," Judith N. DeSena.
Sociological Spectrum, Volume 17:3 9, 1998, special issue on "Women
and Power: Arenas of Change."
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation," Judith
N. DeSena. Reprinted in Race and Ethnic Relations in the United
States: Readings for the 21st Century. Edited by Christopher G.
Ellison and W. Allen Martin. Roxbury Publishing Company,
1998.
"Italian American Women and Community Politics," Judith N. DeSena.
Reprinted in Italian Americans on Long Island: Presence and Impact.
Edited by Kenneth P. LaValle, Forum Italicum, 1996.
"Italian American Women and Community Politics," Judith N. DeSena.
Voices in Italian Americana, Volume 6, Number 2, 1995.
"Local Gatekeeping Practices and Residential Segregation," Judith
N. DeSena. Sociological Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 3 (summer),
1994.
"Women: The Gatekeepers of Urban Neighborhoods," Judith N. DeSena.
Journal of Urban Affairs, Volume 16, Number 3 (1994).
"Informal Practices and Local Arrangements of Neighborhood
Defense," Judith N. DeSena, in Research and Social Policy, Volume
3, edited by John Stanfield II, JAI Press, 1994.
Defending One's Neighborhood At Any Cost?: The Case of
Bensonhurst," Judith N. DeSena, in To See the Past More Clearly:
The Enrichment of the Italian Heritage, 1890-1990, edited by Harral
Landry, The American Italian Historical Association, 1994.
"Community Co-operation and Activism: Italian and African
Americans," Judith N. DeSena, in Italian Americans: Their Public
and Private Lives, edited by Salvatore La Gumina, Angela Danzi, and
Frank Cavaioli, The American Italian Historical Association,
1993.
"New Images: An Examination of Italian American Women," Judith N.
DeSena, in Italian Americans in Transition, edited by Joseph
Scelsa, Salvatore La Gumina, Lydio Tomasi, The American Italian
Historical Association, 1990.
"The Participation of Italian American Women in Community
Organizations," Judith N. DeSena, in Italian Ethnics: Their
Languages, Literature, Lives, edited by Dominic Candeloro, Fred
Gardaphe, Paolo Giordano, The American Italian Historical
Association, 1990.
"The Development of American Sociology," Judith DeSena, in The
Eastern Community College Social Science Association Journal,
Volume IV, Number 1, Winter 1989.
"Involved and 'There': The Activities of Italian American Women in
Urban Neighborhoods," Judith DeSena, in The Melting Pot and Beyond:
Italian Americans in the Year 2000, edited by Jerome Krase and
William Egelman, Center for Migration Studies, 1987.
"The Chosen Apple": Young Suburban Migrants," Sylvia F. Fava and
Judith DeSena, in The Apple Sliced: Sociological Studies of New
York City, edited by Vernon Boggs, Gerald Handel, Sylvia F. Fava,
J.F. Bergin Publishers, Inc., 1984.
"The Breweries of Brooklyn," Will Anderson with the assistance of
Judy DeSena, in Brooklyn, USA, edited by Rita Seiden Miller,
Columbia University Press, 1979.
Book Reviews
Published review of Kathie Friedman-Kasaba, Memories of Migration,
State University of New York Press, 1996, in Sociological Inquiry,
Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 1997.
Published review of Marlene Webber, Street Kids, University of
Toronto Press, 1991, in Contemporary Sociology, Volume 21, Number
2, March 1992.
Encyclopedia Entries
"Intergroup Relations: Italian and African Americans" and
"Community Issues." In Italian American History and Culture: An
Encyclopedia. Edited by Frank Cavaioli, Salvatore Primeggia, Joseph
Varacalli, and Salvatore LaGumina, Garland Publishing, 2000.