Monica Rankin

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

Next Door Diplomacy: Nelson Rockefeller and the OCIAA in Latin America during World War II (under contract with University of Nebraska Press) 2027 - Publication

“Mexico: In the Shadow of World War II” in Paul R. Bartrop (ed,) The Routledge History of the Second World War Routledge Press 2021 - publications

“The United States in El Oro: The OCIAA and the Diplomacy of Emergency Rehabilitation during WWII” in The Latin Americanist (Vol. 63, No. 2, 2019) pp. 163-188  2019 - publications

“Buenos Vecinos? La diplomacia de la OCIAA durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial,” in Huellas de Estados Unidos: Estudios, perspectivas y debates desde América Latina(Octubre 2018) pp. 55-75 2018 - publications

Exploitation and Resistance with Mark Burkholder (under contract with Oxford University Press) 2017 - Publication

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

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

UT Dallas Education Abroad Mentor Award - UT Dallas [2019]

UT System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award - University of Texas [2015]

UT Dallas Distinguished Teacher in Diversity & Multicultural Education Award - UT Dallas [2012]

Arts & Humanities Victor Worsfold Teaching Award - UT Dallas [2008]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Private Lives in Public Spaces: Women in Latin American History

2006–2006 Hemispheres: The International Area Studies Outreach Consortium of the University of Texas at Austin: 21st Century Challenges in the Developing World (June 2006)

The Mexican Artemis: Women and National Identity during World War II

2006–2006 Latin American Studies Association Conference (March 2006)

Graduate Research in Mexico

2006–2006 Texas Christian University Brown Bag Presentation (April 2006)

Maya in Historical Context

2006–2006 Dallas Museum of Art/UTD Graduate Summer Maya Seminar (May 2006)

Sombreros are Becoming: Fashion in Mexico during World War II

2006–2006 Dallas Area Social History Group (September 2006) Jacksonian Era Workshop, Dallas Independent School District Summer Seminar (July 2006)

Professional memberships

• Southeaster Council for Latin American Studies, 2015-Present 
• 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

External funding for original investigations

• Fulbright Inter-Americas Travel Grant, Chile , 2017
• Fulbright US Scholar Research Grant, Ecuador, 2017
• Roosevelt Presidential Library Research Grant, 2015
• Truman Institute Research Grant, 2015 
• Ramenofsky Fellowship for Doctoral Research, Summer 2003
•  Americas Fellowship, Summer 2003
•  Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship for Mexico, 2001-2002
•  William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation Fellowship for the Oaxaca Summer Institute, 2000
•  University of Arizona Tinker Summer Research Grant, Summer 2000

Classroom teaching

Graduate Seminars  

•  Drugs and Violence in Mexico 
• Latin America in World War II 
• Twentieth Century Mexico 
• Mexican History through Film 
• Introduction to Latin American Studies 
• Colonial Mexico 
• Research in Mexican Cultural History 
• The Mexican Revolution 
• Latin American History through the Novel 
• Latin American Popular Culture 
• History of Women in Latin America  

Undergraduate Courses 

• Latin American Civilizations 
• Modern Latin American Diplomacy 
• Honors Propaganda Studies 
• Honors Immigration Studies 
• Honors Mexican Popular Culture 
• HIST: Study Abroad in Mexico 
• SPAN: Study Abroad in Mexico 
• Drugs and Violence in Mexico 
• Cuban Revolution 
• Mexico since Independence 
• History of Modern Latin America 
• History of Colonial Latin America 
• Latin American History through Film History 
• Capstone Research Seminar 
• U.S. History II: since 1877 

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]