Bankston, Carl L.: - "Carl L. Bankston III is professor of sociology at Tulane University. He holds a PhD from Louisiana State University, an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from Southern Methodist University. His numerous previous books include Affirmative Action: Origins, Controversies and Contradictions, Immigrant Networks and Social Capital, and Public Education - America's Civil Religion: A Social History. He has also published more than a hundred articles in a wide variety of academic journals that have included Social Forces, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Educational Research, and Current Anthropology."