• Visual Semiotics, Film theory and criticism, Arts based research, Roma culture

Anna Banks has a Ph.D. in Communication Arts and Sciences. Her work has been published in a variety of journals ranging from The Howard Journal of Communication to Red Rock Review and Frontiers, and she is co-editor of the book Fiction and Social Research.  She has published research articles and short stories, written plays and screenplays, and made short films based on her studies and her exploration of her Roma heritage. Anna is a proponent of arts-based research and is a member of the international editorial advisory board for the new Social Fictions Series published by Sense Publishers.

Theatrical Productions

• “Casablanca, Encore.” Produced and performed at DNA: A festival of very, very, very short plays, March 1-5, 2006, a co-production of the University of Idaho, Department of Theatre and Film and the Idaho Repertory Theatre, (play).
• “The Seer.” Produced and performed at DNA: A festival of very, very, very short plays, March 24-27, 2004, a co-production of the University of Idaho, Department of Theatre and Film and the Idaho Repertory Theatre, (play).
• “Breathing (or An Homage to Django Reinhardt).” Produced and performed at DNA: A festival of very, very, very short plays, April 11-12, 2003, a co-production of the University of Idaho, Department of Theatre and Film and the Idaho Repertory Theatre, (play).

Film Productions

•  "Children of the Wind." (Short film - Writer/Original Story and Screenplay,), screened at WSU regional artists' meeting, November 2007
• “The Seer.” (Short film - Writer and Producer). UI Faculty Exhibition, Prichard Gallery, Moscow, Idaho, December 2, 2005-January 21, 2006.
• “Art Speaks.” (Short film - Writer, Producer and Co-Director (with Ludmilla Saskova).). Screened at DNA: A festival of very, very, very short plays, March 24-27, 2004, a co-production of the University of Idaho, Department of Theatre and Film and the Idaho Repertory Theatre.