Emeritus Professor
Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus
James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and is the founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, which is now the Banks Center for Educational Justice. He was the Russell F. Stark University Professor at the University of Washington from 2001 to 2006. Professor Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and of the National Council for the Social Studies. He is a specialist in social studies education, multicultural education, and diversity and citizenship education and has written widely in these fields. His books include Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies; Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching; Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society; Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks, and Diversity, Transformative Knowledge, and Civic Education: Selected Essays. Professor Banks is the editor of the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education; The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education; Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives; the Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education, and Citizenship Education and Global Migration: Implications for Theory, Research, and Teaching. He is also the editor of the Multicultural Education Series of books published by Teachers College Press, Columbia University. In 2020, there were more than 70 published books in this Series with others in various stages of development. Professor Banks is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Research by Professor Banks on how educational institutions can improve race and ethnic relations has greatly influenced schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and the world. He is often called the “Father of Multicultural Education.” Professor Banks has given lectures on citizenship education and diversity in many different nations, including Australia, Canada, China, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Turkey, and New Zealand. His books have been translated into Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Korean,Turkish, and Arabic. A video archive and interview of Professor Banks appears on “Inside the Academy.”
Books by James A. Banks at Amazon
Publications
Downloadable articles
(1993). The canon debate, knowledge construction, and multicultural education. Educational Researcher, 22 (5) 4-14.
(1998). The lives and values of researchers: Implications for educating citizens in a multicultural society.” Educational Researcher, 27 (7), 4-17.
(2008). Diversity, group identity, and citizenship education in a global age. Educational Researcher, 37, (3), 129-139.
(2015). Failed citizenship, civic engagement, and education. Kappa Delta Pi, 51 (4), 151-154.
(2016). Expanding the epistemological terrain: Increasing equity and diversity within the American Educational Research Association. Educational Researcher, 45(2), 149–158. doi: 10.3102/0013189X16639017.
(2017). Failed citizenship and transformative civic education. Educational Researcher, 20 (10), 1-12.
(2020). Published review of Diversity, Transformative Knowledge, and Civic Education: Selected Essays. Schools: Studies in Education, Issue 2, Fall, 332-339.
Selected Articles
(1968). A Profile of the Black American: Implications for teaching. College Composition and Communication 19 (5), 288-296.
(1969). A content analysis of the Black American in textbooks. Social Education, 33 (8), 954-957, 963.
(1971). Teaching Black history with a focus on decision making. Social Education, 35 (7), 740-745, 820-821.
(1973). Curriculum strategies for Black liberation. School Review, 81 (3), 405-414.
(1973). Teaching for ethnic literacy: A comparative approach. Social Education, 37 (8),
738-750.
(1984). Black youths in predominantly White suburbs: An exploratory study of their attitudes and self-concepts. The Journal of Negro Education, 53 (1), 3-17.
(1987). The social studies, ethnic diversity, and social change. The Elementary School Journal, 87 (5), 531-543.
(1993). The canon debate, knowledge construction, and multicultural education. Educational Researcher, 22 (5) 4-14.
(1995). The transformative challenges to the social science disciplines: Implications for social studies teaching and learning. Theory and Research in Social Education, 23 (1),
2-20.
(1995). The historical reconstruction of knowledge about race: Implications for transformative teaching. Educational Researcher, 24 (2), 15-25.
(2002). Race, knowledge construction, and education in the USA: Lessons from history. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 5 (1), 7-27.
(2008). Diversity, group identity, and citizenship education in a global age. Educational Researcher, 37, (3), 129-139.
(2009). Diversity and citizenship education in multicultural nations. Multicultural Education Review, 1 (1), 1-28.
(2015). Failed citizenship, civic engagement, and education. Kappa Delta Pi, 51 (4),
151-154.
Lectures, Interviews, and Other Media
James A. Banks Global Citizenship Interview Series with Emiliano Bosio
James A. Banks Papers, 1966-2019
Banks Introduction from the CME's 29th Symposium
James A. Banks Books from Amazon.com
Inside the Academy Video Archive and Interview
The 29th Annual Faculty Lecture at the University of Washington
Interview at Western Illinois Univeristy
Founder of Multicultural Education
Family of Fellows: Patricia Banks and James Banks (Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University)
Professor investigates citizenship-education dilemma in new book of essays