Affiliate - CRSC

William M. Banks

African American Studies Department, UC Berkeley

William M. Banks, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, joined the Berkeley faculty in 1970. During the early years he served as Chair of African American Studies and guided the then Program into full departmental status in the College of Letters and Science. From 1987-1989 he served as Provost of Undergraduate Affairs for the Berkeley campus.

Professor Banks was selected as a Fellow at both the National Humanities Center and the Center for Advanced Study in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. After several years of research and interviews...

Carolyn Chen

Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley