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James A. Banks Wins UCLA Medal
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Dr. James A. Banks is the director of the UW's Center for Multicultural Education and will be the first holder of the UW College of Education's Killinger Chair in Diversity Studies. Dr. Banks was the first African American to receive tenure at the UW and has written or edited 20 books in multicultural education and in social studies education. Past UCLA medal recipients include Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Kirk Douglas. The faculty, staff and students at the College of Education extend their warmest congratulations to Dr. Banks for this prestigious honor, and wish him the best in his work at Stanford University during his year-long sabbatical. |
UW College of Education Professor James A. Banks received the UCLA Medal on June 18, 2005. The Resources
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