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James A. Banks papers, 1966-2019

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Banks, James A.
Title
James A. Banks papers
Dates
1966-2019 (inclusive)
Quantity
29.12 cubic feet ( 28 boxes plus 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
6265 (Accession No. 6265-001)
Summary
Papers of a University of Washington professor who specialized in social studies education and multicultural education and also acted as the Founding Director of the Center for Multicultural Education
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access. No user access copy is currently available for videocassettes, zip disks, DVDs and CDs but users may obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee by contacting Special Collections.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and was the Founding Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle (which was renamed the Banks Center for Educational Justice in 2018). He is a specialist in social studies education and multicultural education.

James Albert Banks was born on September 24, 1941 near Marianna, Arkansas to Matthew Banks and Lula Holt Banks. Banks obtained his associate’s degree from Chicago City College in 1963. In 1964, he received his bachelor’s degree in elementary education and social science with honors from Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State University) and then went on to receive an M.A. (1967) and Ph.D (1969) in social science and education from Michigan State University.

Banks married Cherry A. McGee, a fellow student at Michigan State University, in 1969. She is also a professor of education emeritus and the two have written several books and articles together. They have two daughters, Angela M. Banks and Patricia A. Banks, who are also college professors.

Banks joined the faculty of the University of Washington’s College of Education in 1969, becoming the College’s first Black professor and the first Black professor to gain tenure at the UW through the promotion process. Banks served as assistant professor until 1971, associate professor 1971-1973, and became a full professor in 1973. In 1992, Banks founded the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington and served as its director until his retirement. Banks was named Russell F. Stark University Professor in 2000 and then Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies in 2006. Professor Banks was also president of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in 1982 and president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 1997-1998.

Banks has authored or edited more than twenty books, as well as over sixty book chapters and about 100 journal articles. Banks is editor of two landmark publications, Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education (1995, second edition 2004) and Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives (2004). The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, which was the first in the field to be published, received the Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education in 1997. He also edits a multicultural education book series published by Teachers College Press at Columbia University. This Series began in 1996 and consisted of more than 60 published books in 2019.

In 1986, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Committee on the Role and Status of Minorities in Educational R & D named Professor Banks a Distinguished Scholar/Researcher on Minority Education. He received that Committee's Distinguished Career Award in 1996. In 1994, he was the recipient of the AERA Research Review Award. In 1998, he received the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) 1998 Presidents’ Award. He was elected to the National Academy of Education in 2000. In 2001, he received the National Council for the Social Studies Distinguished Career Research in Social Studies Award. Banks was the twenty-ninth annual faculty lecturer at the University of Washington in 2004–05, the university’s highest honor for a faculty member. In 2004, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) awarded its first Social Justice in Education Award to Banks for a career of research that advances social justice through education research.

Banks retired from the University of Washington in January, 2019.

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Content Description

Correspondence; articles, papers, books manuscripts, book chapters, and other writings; publication records; editorial records (particularly relating to Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education and to Teachers College Press); speeches and presentations; records of the UW Center for Multicultural Education; records from presidency and other involvement in the American Educational Research Association; course files; workshop and conference materials; subject files; records of international activities; awards and recognitions;

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 18 series.

  • Series 1, Blacks in the Suburbs
  • Series 2, Center for Multicultural Education
  • Series 3, Banks Papers
  • Series 4, Banks' Chapters in Books Edited by Others
  • Series 5, Book: Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies
  • Series 6, Banks & Lynch Book
  • Series 7, Banks Manuscripts & Communications
  • Series 8, Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
  • Series 9, Teachers College Press Series
  • Series 10, Banks Activities
  • Series 11, International Activities
  • Series 12, Banks Courses
  • Series 13, Workshops and Conferences
  • Series 14, Notes, Cards, & Congratulations
  • Series 15, Mississippi Effective Schools Consortum- Phase IV Multicultural Education
  • Series 16, Banks Communications
  • Series 17, Other materials
  • Series 18, Media

Acquisition Information

James A. Banks, 2019-2020.

Related Materials

UW Center for Multicultural Education (UW Resource No. 08996)

James Banks videos, photographs, and related materials at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 


2019 (Last modified: 11/22/2024)

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