Frances L. Ramos is an associate professor of Latin American history and an expert in colonial Mexico and the Spanish Atlantic. She is the author Identity, Ritual, and Power in Colonial Puebla (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012), which received the Michael C. Meyer Award for Best Book on Mexico published between 2008-2013 from the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in Spanish and English and is currently working on another monograph on the impact of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) in New Spain. Specifically, she analyzes how after almost two centuries of Habsburg rule, royal officials tried to "sell" a new ruling dynasty to Mexico City's diverse population. Her work has been funded by several external institutions, and while at the University of South Florida, she has been awarded funding on two occasions by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2013, USF honored her with an Outstanding Achievement in Research Award.