Beverly Daniel Tatum

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Beverly Daniel Tatum

Nationality American Flag of the United States
Alma mater Wesleyan University, Hartford Seminary, Bates College
Employers Spelman College
Known for Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

Beverly Daniel Tatum is the current president of Spelman College.

Tatum received her B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. She also received an M.A. religious studies from Hartford Seminary. Tatum received a L.H.D. from Bates College in 2000.

Tatum taught at Westfield State College and the University of California, Santa Barbara before joining Mount Holyoke College in 1989. She resided at Mount Holyoke for thirteen years as a professor of psychology, department chair, and dean of the College. In 2002, Tatum served as acting president while President Creighton was on leave. She then joined Spelman as president.

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  • Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation" 2007
  • Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity (revised) 2003
  • Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community (revised), 2000.

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