Leon Banks

Biographic Data

ID6615159
NAMELeon Banks
GIVEN NAMESLeon
FAMILY NAMEBanks
SIGNATUREBANKS L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Georgia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Innovating social work pedagogy

    Anitra P Walker, Daniel J Gibbs et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2026

    As generative artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly automates knowledge synthesis, social work students encounter AI-generated research summaries during training. This study examines classroom implementation of an AI-informed research synthesis exercise, exploring how students engaged with AI tools and how these technologies influence evidence-based practice (EBP) competency development. A concurrent mixed methods design captured participants…

  • Individual, Relationship, and Family Structure Predictors of African American Noncustodial Father Involvement Satisfaction

    Open AccessGerry L White, Harold E Briggs et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2022References: 3

    Purpose: The current study seeks to investigate the extent to which factors such as income and child support along with relationship factors such as family structure and communication with the custodial mother potentially mitigate overall parent satisfaction for African American noncustodial fathers (NCFs) with multi-partnered fertility (MPF). Methods: 163 noncustodial fathers without and with children other than the custodial parents were select…

  • Smaller System Predictors of Satisfaction with Low-Income Paternal Involvement of Noncustodial African American Fathers

    Open AccessGerry L White, Harold E Briggs et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2022References: 8

    Purpose: Shifts in the rates of divorce, marriage, and childbirth are accompanied by shifts in rates of diverse family structures. The science to date is mixed on the predictors of father involvement among unwed fathers: The current study investigated the impact of smaller system predictors on the paternal satisfaction of African American noncustodial fathers’ (NCFs) paternal involvement. Methods: 163 noncustodial with and without multipartnered …

  • Custodial and Noncustodial Parent Predictors of Noncustodial Father Involvement

    Open AccessGerry L White, Harold E Briggs et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2022Cited by: 2References: 2

    This study theorizes the interrelationship between African American noncustodial father’s (NCF) (a) income, (b) child support payment (CSP), (c) satisfaction with custodial parent (CP) communication, and (d) satisfaction with the way the CP is raising his child as predictors of father’s involvement. Method: Regression models were tested along a hypothesized framework to determine direct and indirect influences to NCF’s involvement. Results: Based…

  • Pre- and Post-Conception Relationship Duration and Parental Involvement Satisfaction among Noncustodial African American Fathers

    Open AccessLeon Banks, Gerry L White et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2022Cited by: 1References: 7

    This study examines how parental involvement satisfaction (PIS) in terms of accessibility, engagement, and responsibility (A-E-R) among of noncustodial African American fathers (NCAAFs) may be explained by the pre- and post-conception relationship durations they have with their children’s mothers, controlling for quality of communication satisfaction (QCS) with the mothers. Method: A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed wit…

  • The Effects of Child Support Payment Factors on Satisfaction With Levels of Parental Involvement by Noncustodial Fathers

    Open AccessGerry L White, Leon Banks et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2021Cited by: 1References: 2

    Purpose: Research on the influences of child support on the parental involvement of non-custodial father is mixed. Method: This study uses one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to examine non-custodial fathers’ satisfaction with levels of accessibility to his child, degree of engagement in daily activities, level of responsibility for child’s wellbeing and custodial parents parenting practices. These variables were measured against c…

  • Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work

    Open AccessLeon Banks, June Gary Hopps et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2017Cited by: 2References: 5

    This article presents data from an exploratory study of the demographic and published scholarship profiles of the deans and university provosts of the top 50 schools of social work as ranked by the 2016 U.S. News and World Report ratings. Method: The authors used an exploratory design to conduct a content analysis of the demographic and scholarship characteristics of the deans and provosts of the 50 top schools of social work. Results: The data s…

  • How Are African Americans Currently Represented in Various Social Work Venues

    Open AccessHarold E Briggs, Michael J Holosko et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2017Cited by: 3References: 17

    Purpose: This study explored how African Americans are currently represented in social work journals, research, and schools. Method: Journal publication content and editorship, research methods and designs, and school mission statements and course titles were examined. Results: Only 14% of publications in the top 5 social work journals targeted African Americans as study subjects. The terms “African American” and “race” appeared in only 10% of mi…