Angela Banks

About

Angela M. Banks serves as the Vice Dean and Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. She is an expert in immigration and citizenship law, with research focusing on membership and belonging in democratic societies. Her scholarship has been published in leading American law review journals, and she has contributed to discussions on immigration law, citizenship rights, and related topics. Prior to her current position, Professor Banks was a Professor of Law at William & Mary School of Law. Her professional background includes serving as the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow for Law Teaching at Harvard Law School, a legal advisor at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, and a law clerk for Judge Carlos F. Lucero of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She holds a B.A. in sociology from Spelman College, graduating summa cum laude, and a Master of Letters in sociology from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2000, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and the Harvard International Law Journal.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Sociology
• Law
• Geography
• Archaeology
• Law and economics
• History

Selected publications

• Citizenship, Culture, and Race in the United States

  2017-06-23 · 4 citations

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• Constructing Effective Civic Education for Noncitizen Students

  Daedalus · 2024-01-01 · 3 citations

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  Abstract Primary and secondary education is essential because it not only provides students with critical literacy and numeracy skills, but also, for many students, it begins their civic education. The goals of civic education vary by country, but a consistent goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be productive members of society. Globally, approximately thirty-six million children are living outside of their country of nationality. With the growing number of mig…

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• The Curious Relationship between 'Self-Deportation' Policies and Naturalization Rates

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2012-11-22 · 3 citations

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• Citizenship in Africa: The Law of Belonging

  The American Journal of Comparative Law · 2020-04-08 · 2 citations

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  The United Nations estimates that there are 272 million migrants around the world.1 These individuals will become long-term residents, have families, and create communities. Yet the citizenship laws in their countries of residence may deny them and their children access to citizenship or take away previously granted citizenship. In light of such developments, the right to nationality has become an important right to examine. There is a growing literature within international human rights law abo…

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• Respectability & the Quest for Citizenship

  Brooklyn law review · 2017-01-01 · 2 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Christine L. Nemacheck

  William & Mary

  2 shared

• Elizabeth Wenska

  2 shared

• Jeremy D. Stoddard

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  2 shared

• Courtland C. Lee

  1 shared

• Janina Dill

  1 shared

• A. E. Margarita Malayapillay

  1 shared

• Jennifer M. Wyatt

  Sharp Memorial Hospital

  1 shared

• Hari M. Osofsky

  Pennsylvania State University

  1 shared

Awards & honors

• Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence, College of William & M…
• British Marshall Scholarship (1995)

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