Assistant Professor | Universiy of Wisconsin-Madison. Research: Mass repatriations and banishment raids; immigration and race, and US-Mexico borderland history.
Forthcoming October 2025, Marla A. Ramírez's BANISHED CITIZENS tells the stories of Mexican American women who faced coerced mass removal between 1921 and 1944 -- and of their descendants, who continue to confront and resist the legacies of this injustice today. @marla_a_ramirez
Huge congratulations to our award winners being celebrated at tonight's #OAH2026 ceremony! @Harvard_Press
Erik Baker, MAKE YOUR OWN JOB
Beth Lew-Williams, JOHN DOE CHINAMAN
Marla A. Ramírez, BANISHED CITIZENS
John Samuel Harpham, THE INTELLECTUAL ORIGINS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY
Three cheers for Marla Ramirez, author of Banished Citizens!
Three cheers for @dygottlieb, author of Yuppies.
Three cheers for our editors @emsilk10, @pompqmoq (not at #OAH2026 this year but you can always pitch him!), and Sana Mohtadi.
Congratulations to Marla A. Ramírez & BANISHED CITIZENS on FIVE amazing awards!!
Winner, Mary Nickliss Prize
Winner, IEHS Theodore Saloutos Book Award
Winner, IEHS First Book Award
Winner, LAWCHA Philip Taft Labor History Award
Honorable Mention, Merle Curti Social History Award
Sharing my recent interview with Norman Gilliland for University of the Air, Wisconsin Public Radio. I discussed my forthcoming book, Banished Citizens (HUP, October 2025) in relation to the current mass deportations. @Harvard_Press
https://t.co/9LGidW0fCc
Incredibly humbled by the generous review of my book, Banished Citizens, by Brian Tanguay for the California Review of Books. @Harvard_Press
https://t.co/gEG1ZVja7K
Thankful for Norman Gilliland’s invitation to discuss my forthcoming book, Banished Citizens (HUP, Oct. 2025) in the “University of the Air” show that Wisconsin Public Radio will air next month. #BanishedCitizensBook@Harvard_Press
https://t.co/n7St5xS822
I had an engaging interview today about the current cruel and inhumane tactics used for immigration raids in relation to the banishment drives that took place from 1921-1944. I wrote about this in my forthcoming book, Banished Citizens (HUP, Oct 2025).
https://t.co/n7St5xRAcu
I am extremely thankful to receive this generous review of my book by the prestigious magazine, Kirkus Reviews.
https://t.co/JNZwA6vwqT
#BanishedCitizens@Harvard_Press@emsilk10
Forthcoming October 2025, Marla A. Ramírez's BANISHED CITIZENS tells the stories of Mexican American women who faced coerced mass removal between 1921 and 1944 -- and of their descendants, who continue to confront and resist the legacies of this injustice today. @marla_a_ramirez
MiSC vehemently rejects the war on immigrants and peaceful protestors in Los Angeles.
What we're witnessing is worsening anti-immigrant policies, with intensified enforcement.
Read MiSC's full statement below:
https://t.co/rsfcAAkgJL
@emsilk10 Thank you for sharing my forthcoming book. I cannot thank you enough for helping me carry this project into publication. I could not have wished for a more thoughtful and dedicated editor, Emily!
📢 Mark your calendars! 📢
MiSC scholar @marla_a_ramirez's latest book, "Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation," will be released this October.
This powerful book delves into a grim period of forcible removal 🧵👇