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Professional Preparation
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
Publications
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
Appointments
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]
Projects
Private Lives in Public Spaces: Women in Latin American History
2006–2006Hemispheres: 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
2006–2006Latin American Studies Association Conference (March 2006)
Graduate Research in Mexico
2006–2006Texas Christian University Brown Bag Presentation (April 2006)
Maya in Historical Context
2006–2006Dallas Museum of Art/UTD Graduate Summer Maya Seminar (May 2006)
Sombreros are Becoming: Fashion in Mexico during World War II
2006–2006Dallas Area Social History Group (September 2006) Jacksonian Era Workshop, Dallas Independent School District Summer Seminar (July 2006)
Additional Information
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Funding
Mexico, la patria! World War II Propaganda in Mexico
$1,000 - Monica Rankin [2003–2003]
Mexico, la patria! World War II Propaganda in Mexico