Desmond, Matthew. 2014. “Relational Ethnography.” Theory and Society 43: 547–579.

Desmond, Matthew. 2014. “How Should We Study Social Suffering?” Ethnic and Racial Studies 37: 1761-1766.

Desmond, Matthew, Weihua An, Richelle Winkler, and Thomas Ferriss. 2013. “Evicting Children.” Social Forces 92 (1): 303-327.

Desmond, Matthew. 2013. “Is Democratic Regulation of High Finance Possible?” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 649 (1): 180-184.

Desmond, Matthew, and Nicol Valdez. 2013. “Unpolicing the Urban Poor: Consequences of Third-Party Policing for Inner-City Women.” American Sociological Review 78: 117–141.

Desmond, Matthew. 2012. “Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty.” American Journal of Sociology 118: 88-133.

Desmond, Matthew. 2012. “Disposable Ties and the Urban Poor.” American Journal of Sociology 117: 1295-1335.

Emirbayer, Mustafa, and Matthew Desmond. 2012. “Race and Reflexivity.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 35: 574-599.

Desmond, Matthew, and Mustafa Emirbayer. 2012. “To Imagine and Pursue Racial Justice.” Race, Ethnicity and Education.

Turly, Ruth Lopez, and Matthew Desmond. 2011. “Contributions to College Costs by Married, Divorced, and Remarried Parents.” Journal of Family Issues 32: 762-90.

Desmond, Matthew. 2011. “Making Firefighters Deployable.” Qualitative Sociology 34: 59-77.

Martin, John Levi, and Matthew Desmond. 2010. “Political Position and Social Knowledge.” Sociological Forum 25: 1-26.

Turly, Ruth Lopez, Matthew Desmond, and Sarah Bruch. 2010. “Unanticipated Educational Consequences of a Positive Child-Parent Relationship.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 1377-90.

Desmond, Matthew, and Ruth Lopez Turley. 2009. “The Role of Familism in Explaining the Hispanic-White College Application Gap.” Social Problems 56: 311-34.

Desmond, Matthew, and Mustafa Emirbayer. 2009. “What is Racial Domination?” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 6: 335-55.

Desmond, Matthew. 2006. “Des morts incompetents.” Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales 165: 8-27.

Desmond, Matthew. 2006. “Becoming a Firefighter.” Ethnography 7: 387-421.

Desmond, Matthew. 2016. “Forced Out.” The New Yorker. Link

Desmond, Matthew. 2009. “Bottoms Up.” Contexts, 8, 69-71.

Desmond, Matthew. 2009. “Who's Helping the Evicted?” Everyday Sociology. link