James Albert Banks (born 1941) is an American educator, a professor at the University of Washington from 1969 to 2019, and founding director of its Center for Multicultural Education (now the Banks Center for Educational Justice), widely described as the Father of Multicultural Education.
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BirthplaceArkansas, United States 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounding director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington (1969-2019) and the field's leading theorist; past president of the National Council for the Social Studies and of the American Educational Research Association. 1 Notable WorkAn Introduction to Multicultural Education 1 Notable WorkHandbook of Research on Multicultural Education (editor) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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