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) forthcoming - Publication

Exploitation and Resistance with Mark Burkholder (under contract with Oxford University 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

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

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

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

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

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 recognitions and honors (study, teaching, research, service)

• Victor Worsfold Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2007-2008, UT-Dallas School of Arts & Humanities, 2007-2008
• Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, 1999, University of Arizona

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

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]