Ph.D. - History
University of Arizona - 2004

M.A. - Latin American History
Washington University - 1999

M.A. - International Affairs
Washington University - 1998

B.A. - International Studies/Spanish
Missouri State University - 1994

Exploitation and Resistance with Mark Burkholder (under contract with Oxford University Press) forthcoming - Publication

Next Door Diplomacy: Nelson Rockefeller and the OCIAA in Latin America during World War II (under contract with University of Nebraska Press) forthcoming - Publication

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: The Search for National Identity, 1820s-1900 (Volume III) (Forthcoming, Facts on File Library of World History) forthcoming - Publication

The History of Costa Rica (Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2012) 2012 - Publication

Rankin, Monica A. Mexicanas en guerra: World War II and the Discourse of Mexican Female Identity Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies (2011). 2011 - Publication

Berger, Dina and Monica Rankin, Mexican Diplomacy. In A Companion to Mexican History and Culture edited by William Beezley. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, (2011). 2011 - Publication

Relative Independence and the Peculiarities of Mexican Diplomacy with Dina Berger, in A Companion to Mexican History and Culture by William Beezley, ed. (Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, 2011) 538-561. 2011 - Publication

Review of Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming Resort. By Paul J. Vanderwood. New Mexico Historical Review (2011) 2011 - Publication

Rankin, Monica A. Review of Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug. By Paul Gootenberg. Journal of World History. 2010. 2010 - Publication

Rankin, Monica A. Latin American Women and Inclusion in Public and Private Communitiesin Inclusive Communities: A Reader edited by Andrew Azzopardi and Shaun Grech. SENSE Publisher (2010). 2010 - Publication

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX [2007–Present]

University Fellow/Sr. Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX [2006–2007]

Associate Faculty
Collin County Community College, Plano, TX [2005–2005]

Lecturer
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX [2005–2005]

Adjunct Professor
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [2001–2001]

Teaching Assistant
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ [1999–2004]

Mexicanas Go to War: Women and World War II in Mexico

2005–2005 Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (April 2005)

Mexican Democracy in Historical Context

2006–2006 UT Dallas Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Lecture Series (September 2006)

Selling the Peace: Revolution and Industrialization in Mexico's World War II Propaganda

2004–2004 Latin American Studies Association Conference (October 2004)

The Gadsden Purchase and Trends in U.S.-Mexican Relations

2003–2003 University of Arizona Gadsden Purchase Conference (November 2003)

Episodes in Conflict

2006–2006 Region X: TaRGET American History Summer Institute (May 2006; May 2007; May 2008)

Professional memberships

• Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, 2009-Present
• The Conference on Latin America History, 2005-present
• Scholars of the History of American Foreign Relations, 2005-Present
• American Historical Association, 2003-Present
• Latin American Studies Association, 2002-Present
• Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, 2000-Present, Executive Committee, 2008-Present

Other

Reviewing

• 2008, Oxford University Press manuscript reviews:
  • Colonial Latin America
  • Beyond the Border: The History of U.S.-Mexican Migration
• 2008, Pearson Longman Press manuscript review:
  • El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico
• 2007, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers manuscript review:
  • The Human Tradition in Modern Mexico
• 2007, Harlan Davidson, Inc. manuscript review:
  • A Brief History of Mexico
• 2007, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. manuscript reviews:
  • The Mexican War of Independence
  • Mexican Revolution
• 2006, Bedford/St. Martins Press manuscript review:
  • Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents

Professional organizations

• Oaxaca Summer Institute, Secretary/Treasurer of Board of Directors, 2009
• Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Executive Committee, 2008-2009
• Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, Program Committee, 2009-2010

Interviews and media/blog mentions (selected)

• "Twitter Goes to College" U.S. News & World Report online (June 2009) print edition (September 2009) http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/06/02/twitter-goes-to-college.html
• "How One Teacher Uses Twitter in the Classroom" ReadWriteWeb (June 2009) http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_one_teacher_uses_twitter_in_the_classroom.php#comment-140557
• "Twitter in the Classroom" Hack College (June 2009) http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2009/6/2/twitter-in-the-classroom.html
• "Interview with Monica Rankin, A Professor Successfully Using Twitter in the Classroom" Hack
• College (June 2009) http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2009/6/5/interview-with-monica-rankin-a-professorsuccessfully-using.html
• "Backchannel Via Twitter" Teaching with Classroom Response Systems (June 2009) http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs/?p=250
• "Mexico’s War on Drugs" Worldfocus International News Weekly Webcast Radio Program (March 11, 2009)
• "Obama Visits Mexico" T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (January 9, 2009)
• "Analysis of the Republic National Convention" T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (September 4, 2008)
• "President Felipe Calderón Visits the United States" T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (February 12, 2008)
• "The Importance of Super Tuesday in the U.S. Presidential Election" T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (January 29, 2008)
• "Legacy of Vicente Fox and Mexico’s Political Future," T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (September 1, 2006)
• "History of Cinco de Mayo," T39 Noticiero Telemundo, Dallas, TX (May 5, 2006)

School of Arts and Humanities Committees

• Executive Committee 2007-2008

University Committees

• University Committee on Effective Teaching 2008-09
• University Fulbright Fellowship Committee 2008-09
• University Marshall Scholarship Committee 2008
• University Taskforce, Managing the Classroom Experience 2008
• University Tuition Planning Committee 2007-08

Community Service

• Teaching American History Grant Committee, Region X 2006-2009
• Dallas Area Regional History Day Steering Committee, 2006-present

External funding for original investigations

Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations edited by Thomas Leonard. CQ Press (forthcoming 2010). List of entries:

• Avila Camacho, Manuel
• Camarena, Enrique
• Defense Sites Agreements
• Echeverría Alvarez, Luis
• Hispanidad
• Inter-American Conference on the Problems of War & Peace
• Lend Lease Program
• Marshall Plan and Latin America
• Rockefeller, Nelson
• Tequila Effect, 1994
• Third Meeting of Consultation of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics
• Truman, Harry
• United States and Drug Enforcement Administration
• United States & Reciprocal Trade Agreements, 1930s
• Welles, Sumner
• Wilson, Henry Lane
• Zedillo, Ernesto

Encyclopedia of the Modern World, edited by Peter N. Sterns. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. List of entries:

• Marriage and Divorce: World Overview
• Drugs and Narcotics: World Overview
• Drugs and Narcotics: The Drug Trade in Latin America
• Marianismo
• Maquiladoras
• Marriage and Divorce in Latin America”

The U.S.-Mexico Border: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Politics edited by Andrew Wood. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2008.

• List of entries:
• Drug Trafficking
• Jackson, Helen Hunt
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Turner, Frederick Jackson
• Zoot Suit Riot

History Professor Earns Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

When Dr. Monica Rankin, associate professor of history, first traveled to Mexico as a high school student, she was hooked.

Rankin took that interest and transformed it into an award-winning passion. She recently earned the 2015 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, along with 79 other faculty members from across the UT System’s 15 institutions.  

History Professor Earns Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

When Dr. Monica Rankin, associate professor of history, first traveled to Mexico as a high school student, she was hooked.

Rankin took that interest and transformed it into an award-winning passion. She recently earned the 2015 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, along with 79 other faculty members from across the UT System’s 15 institutions.  

What Can Past Propaganda Tell Us About Today’s Efforts? Researchers Want To Know

University of Texas at Dallas researchers are investigating whether attempts by the U.S. government to gain support from Latin American citizens during World War II can be applied to modern propaganda efforts.

The project will develop novel computational models to analyze text and photos from En Guardia, a magazine created by the U.S. government to encourage support for the U.S. and its allies during the war.

“The underlying theoretical strategies that we’re looking at are not unique to this particular time period or to this particular data set,” said Dr. Monica Rankin, associate professor of history in the School of Arts and Humanities and director of the Center for U.S.-Latin America Initiatives. “We expect we will identify techniques that can be applied anywhere.”

Mexico, la patria! World War II Propaganda in Mexico

$1,000 - Monica Rankin [2003–2003]

Mexico, la patria! World War II Propaganda in Mexico

$10,000 - Monica Rankin [2002–2002]