Marla A. Ramírez’s Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women who Endured Repatriation (Harvard University Press, 2025) continues to reach new audiences and win prestigious awards. Recently, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) recognized Banished Citizens with the Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and Gender History, which honors path-breaking books that challenge and/or change widely accepted scholarly interpretations in the field of U.S. women’s and/o gender history. The OAH also selected Prof. Ramírez’s book for an honorable mention for the Merle Curti Social History Award, which recognizes the author of the year’s best book in American social history. Additionally, Kirkus Reviews also named Banished Citizens Best Nonfiction Book of the Year for 2025, calling it a “timely and powerful book that exposes a shameful history.” Since the study’s publication, Prof. Ramírez has had numerous speaking engagements at colleges, universities, libraries, and local organizations all over the country. On April 19, she will participate in a panel featuring her book at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California. Marla Ramírez is an assistant professor of History and Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies.