Chris Banks provides Sachem Global with real-time world political and global economic trends. Hailing from a family of esteemed Diplomats, Mr. Banks is a respected intellectual specializing across the African continent and West Africa in particular. Mr. Banks is an Associate Professor of History at Union College in Nebraska. In the division of Humanities, Mr. Banks is also developing and expanding the international studies program at the College. He earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University, completed his Master’s in Public Policy at Columbia and finalizing his PhD dissertation at Oxford University.