PATRICIA ANN BANKS

Professor of Sociology, Mount Holyoke College

SELECTED MEDIA

Yahoo! News, Quoted in Article:
Read Here: “Black Lives Matter support plummets from 2020 peak: Report

Accounts, Interview
Read Here: “Bookshelf: Patricia A. Banks on Black Culture, Inc.

NYT, Letter
Read Here: “Amazon’s Donations to Charities

New England Public Media:
Listen Here: “Mount Holyoke professor explores corporate support for Black culture — the benefits and the costs

The Washington Post, Quoted in Article
Read Here: “How to buy real art, even when you’re on a budget

New Books Network Podcast:
Listen Here: Black Culture, Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America

Lively-HOOD (a WURD RADIO initiative), Quoted in Article
Read Here: “A Racial Reckoning in the Big Banks

The Special Report, panelist:
Watch Below:

ASA Section on Consumers & Consumption, Interview
Read Here: “Scholars’ Conversations: Patricia Banks, Understanding Race, Class, and the Politics of Consumption.”

Le Quotidien de l'Art, Quoted in Article
Read Here: “Les décideurs noirs font leur entrée dans les musées américains” (click here for pdf)

Consume This! Blog Post
Read Here: Consumer Activism and Corporate Diversity

NYT, Letter
Read Here: “A Holistic Approach to Diversity at Museums

RIM (Race in the Marketplace) Blog
Read Here: “RIM Recent Publications & Works

Routledge International Museum Day Feature
Read Here: “Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion

Smith College Museum of Art, Blog
Read Here: “Mt. Holyoke College Professor Patricia A. Banks on Supporting African American Museums

Public Books, Interview
Read Here: “Patricia Banks on Supporting African American Museums

Artnet News, Quoted in Article
Read Here: “The Studio Museum Residency Has Shaped the World’s Understanding of Black Contemporary Art

New Books Network Podcast
Listen Here: “Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums

CASBS Fellowship
Watch Here: “CASBS fellowship: Patricia Banks

CASBS Fellowship
Watch Here: “What is Fellowship at CASBS?”

Human-Centered Podcast
Listen Here: "Patricia Banks"

Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section, Interview
Read Here: “Four Questions for Patricia A. Banks

CASBS, Stanford Interview
Read Here: “Family of Fellows: Patricia Banks and James Banks

B-Side Podcast (episode on culture and race)
Listen Here: "Patricia A. Banks and Michael P. Jeffries"

Consume This! Blog Post
Read Here: “Diversity Capital and Corporate Cultural Patronage”

SELECTED NEWS

"CASBS Announces 2018-2019 Fellows"
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford University

"Results of the 2017 ASA Election"
American Sociological Association News

"Acumen, Imagination, Success"
Mount Holyoke College: News & Events

"Global Elites: Who Are They, How & Why Should We Care?"
Medium.com (Jessica Holden Sherwood)

"Art, Money, and Meaning" (pg. 18) 
ASA Culture Section Newsletter

"Toyin Odutola" News and Events
International Review of African American Art

"Fourth Exposure Symposium: The Dark Room: Race and Visual Culture Studies Symposium"
Mount Holyoke College

"Star Power: Black Alumnae Conference"
Mount Holyoke College: News & Events

"Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)"
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

"New Catalogue Heralds the Extension of Kara Walker Exhibition" (pg. 8)
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Newsletter (Spring 2013)

"Public Events: Fall 2012" (pg. 8)
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Annual Report (2012-2013)

"Mount Holyoke to Host 174th Commencement May 22"
Mount Holyoke College: News & Events

"30 Americans Symposium/Howard University, Washington, DC" (pg. 35)
International Review of African American Art

"MAS Art Salon Featuring Patricia Banks, Ph.D."
Looking Back/Looking Forward: 15 Years of Millennium Arts Salon

"Book Notes" (pg. 7) by Lorraine Robertson
Spelman Messenger

"Patricia A. Banks to Speak on May 14 at UW Club" 
UW Today

"CME Book Talks" 
Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington, Seattle

"Professor Patricia Banks at the Baccalaureate Service" 
Mount Holyoke College Communications Office

"Dean of Faculty Report" 
Mount Holyoke College