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Martha Banks | |
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| Born | July 1951 (age 73) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Research neuropsychologist, ABackans DCP |
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| Alma mater | Brown University; University of Rhode Island |
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| Institutions | College of Wooster |
Martha E. Banks (born July 1951) is a retired clinical psychologist known her expertise on issues involving women,race,trauma,disability,religion,and their intersectionality. [1] [2] She is a research neuropsychologist and computer programmer at ABackans DCP Inc. [1]
Banks was a founder of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues,which became the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture,Ethnicity and Race,American Psychological Association (APA),Division 45. [3] She served as President of the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA,Division 35) from 2008 to 2009 [4] [5] and as their Division Representative to the APA Council in 2012. [6] She was the 1997 Chair of the APA Committee on Women, [7] and served on the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest. [8]
Banks was born in Washington D.C in 1951 and grew up in Newport,Rhode Island. [3] As both of her parents were graduates of Brown University,Banks had a very different life when it came to education as compared to other African American girls growing up in the 1960s. [3]
Banks received her B.S. degree at Brown University in 1973. She then attended graduate school at the University of Rhode Island where she obtained a M.A. in 1978 and a PhD in clinical psychology in 1980. [1] Her dissertation was titled "Emotions and Music:A Correlational Study." [9] Banks worked as a psychologist at the Brecksville Veterans Administration Hospital from 1983 to 1996. [3] She was on the faculty of the College of Wooster from 1989 to 1991 and from 2003 to 2005. [3]
Banks's research and clinical work has focused on women with disabilities,including their elevated risk for physical and psychological abuse. [5] Several of her studies have looked specifically at the traumatic brain injuries sustained by victims of domestic violence. [10] [11] With Rosalie Ackerman,Banks developed the Ackerman-Banks Neuropsychological Battery,which was one of the first assessments to include an ethnic minority normative sample,and the Post-Assault Traumatic Brain Injury Interview and Checklist. [12]
Banks received the Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychology of Women in 2003. [13] The APA gave her a Presidential Citation for Leadership in 2008,citing leadership in the areas of women and psychology,ethnic-minority affairs and rehabilitation psychology. [14] In 2012,the APA Committee on Women in Psychology honored Banks with a Distinguished Leadership Award,with her award citation stating,"She has been a pioneer in the effective integration of feminist theory with the issues experienced by women with disabilities,and has advanced psychology's understanding of the intersection of gender,race,and disability." [12]
As an alumnus of the University of Rhode Island (URI),Banks was honored with the President's Distinguished Achievement Award in 2010 and the University Diversity Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2013. [2]
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