Name: Ross Frank
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies

Email:
rfrank@ucsd.edu
Website:
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/index.html
Campus Address: Social Sciences Building (SSB) 227

Phone: (858) 534-6646

Education:

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1992

M.A., Modern History - Oxford University, Merton College, 1986
M.A., History - University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
B.A., History - Oxford University, Merton College, 1983.
B.A., History - Yale College, 1980.

Field of Expertise:

Ross Frank's areas of research extend from Spanish villages and Indian pueblos in the upper Rio Grande Valley , New Mexico , through the Great Plains , and to the Great Lakes - Eastern Woodlands regions. Much of his work focuses on comparative modes of cultural change among European and Native American groups during 1750 - 1850, a pivotal period in the history of greater North America (including Canada , the U.S. , and Mexico ).

Region of Interest: Americas

Media Interview Topics: Professor Frank can provide commentary on northern Mexico during the colonial and early national period; native American history and culture - wide range of period and geography.

Selected Publications:
The Tribal Digital Village : Sovereignty, Technology, and Collaboration in Indian Southern California. (in preparation)


Jesús F. de la Teja and Ross Frank, co-editors.  Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers: Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion .  University of New Mexico Press and Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU, 2005.