James A. Banks
Encyclopedia
James Albert Banks is an American educator and the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies and director of University of Washington
's Center for Multicultural Education. He is regarded as a founder of the discipline of multicultural education
.
He had studied at the McCullough Union School. He gained his associate’s degree with high scholastic honors from Chicago City Junior College in 1963. A year later, he received bachelor’s degree in elementary education and social science with honors from Chicago Teachers College
. He received his master’s and PhD degrees in these fields from Michigan State University
between 1966 and 1969.
Banks holds honorary doctorates from the Bank Street College of Education (New York), the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, DePaul University, Lewis and Clark College, and Grinnell College. In 2007, he was appointed the Tisch Distinguished Visiting Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University
.
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
's Center for Multicultural Education. He is regarded as a founder of the discipline of multicultural education
Multicultural education
Multicultural education is a set of strategies and materials in U.S. education that were developed to assist teachers to promote democracy while responding to the many issues created by rapidly changing demographics of their students. Multicultural education means to ensure the highest levels of...
.
Biography
James Banks was born on September 24, 1941, to a family of farmers, his father was Matthew Banks and mother, Lula Holt Banks.He had studied at the McCullough Union School. He gained his associate’s degree with high scholastic honors from Chicago City Junior College in 1963. A year later, he received bachelor’s degree in elementary education and social science with honors from Chicago Teachers College
Chicago State University
Chicago State University is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.-History:Cook County Normal School was founded in 1867, largely through the initiative of John F. Eberhart, the Commissioner of Schools for Cook County...
. He received his master’s and PhD degrees in these fields from Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
between 1966 and 1969.
Banks holds honorary doctorates from the Bank Street College of Education (New York), the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, DePaul University, Lewis and Clark College, and Grinnell College. In 2007, he was appointed the Tisch Distinguished Visiting Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
Books
- Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies (8th edition)
- Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society (2nd edition)
- Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives, Race, and Culture
- Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks
- Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education (2nd edition), editor
- Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education, editor
External links
- Professor James A. Banks, University of Washington, Seattle
- James Albert Banks (1941–) by Anita Rao Mysore, The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture Project
- Professor James A. Banks Encourages Educating Students to Be Global Citizens in the Annual Ridley Lecture at the University of Virginia