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D-Index
59
Citations
33737
World Ranking
1513
National Ranking
723

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2004 - Social Justice in Education Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 1994 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

James A. Banks is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including social sciences and psychology, with subfields covering clinical psychology, sociology and political science, education, genetics, and cancer research.

Their scholarly output includes significant work on topics such as gambling behavior and treatments, sexuality, behavior and technology, global education and multiculturalism, connective tissue disorders research, cancer, hypoxia and metabolism, lipid metabolism and disorders, and marriage and sexual relationships.

Recent publications by Banks include:

  • A dominant negative ADIPOQ mutation in a diabetic family with renal disease, hypoadiponectinemia, and hyperceramidemia, 2022, npj Genomic Medicine
  • An examination of the interrelationship between disordered gambling and intimate partner violence, 2022, International Review of Victimology
  • The Gambling Act 2005 and the (De)regulation of Commercial Gambling in Britain: A State-Corporate Harm, 2022, Sociological Research Online
  • Introduction to special issue, 2020, Intercultural Education

Frequent co-authors of Banks include Jaime Waters, Christopher A. Simeone, Joseph L. Wilkerson, Annelise M. Poss, and Joseph Vinod Varre.

The researcher has published in various venues such as npj Genomic Medicine, International Review of Victimology, Sociological Research Online, Daedalus, and Intercultural Education.

Awards received by James A. Banks include:

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008
  • Social Justice in Education Award, American Educational Research Association, 2004
  • Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association, 1994

Best Publications

  • Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives

    James A. Banks;Cherry A. McGee Banks

  • Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education

    James A. Banks;Cherry A. McGee Banks

  • Multicultural Education: Historical Development, Dimensions, and Practice

    James A. Banks

  • An Introduction to Multicultural Education

    James A. Banks

  • Diversity, Group Identity, and Citizenship Education in a Global Age:

    James A. Banks

  • Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Behavioral and Biological Health Indicators in Older Adults

    Aparna Shankar;Anne McMunn;James Banks;Andrew Steptoe

  • Cultural diversity and education : foundations, curriculum, and teaching

    James A. Banks

  • Equity pedagogy: An essential component of multicultural education

    Cherry A. McGee Banks;James A. Banks

  • Multiethnic education: Theory and practice

    James A. Banks

  • Diversity within Unity: Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society:

    James A. Banks;Peter Cookson;Willis D. Hawley

  • The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education

    James A. Banks

  • Educating citizens in a multicultural society

    James A. Banks

  • Teaching strategies for ethnic studies

    James A. Banks

  • The Lives and Values of Researchers: Implications for Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society

    James A. Banks

  • APPROACHES TO MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM REFORM

    James A. Banks

  • Teaching for Social Justice, Diversity, and Citizenship in a Global World.

    James A. Banks

  • Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives.

    James A. Banks

  • Citizenship education and diversity : Implications for teacher education

    James A. Banks

  • Multicultural Education: Development, Dimensions, and Challenges.

    James A. Banks

  • Chapter 1: Multicultural Education: Historical Development, Dimensions, and Practice:

    James A. Banks

  • The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education

    Donna Y. Ford;James A. Banks;Cherry A. McGhee Banks

  • Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives. 6th Edition.

    James A. Banks;Cherry A. McGee Banks

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter G. Stephan
Walter G. Stephan New Mexico State University
Janet Ward Schofield
Janet Ward Schofield University of Pittsburgh
Donna Y. Ford
Donna Y. Ford The Ohio State University

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