Monica A. Rankin is Associate Professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas, and she has served as the director of the university’s Center for US-Latin American Initiatives. She specializes in the history of Mexico, Latin America, and U.S.-Latin American relations. Her publications include ¡México, la patria! Propaganda and Production during World War II (2009) and Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance: Three Centuries of Latin American History (2017).