Beverly Daniel Tatum
Beverly Tatum | |
|---|---|
| President of Mount Holyoke College | |
Interim | |
| In office September 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sonya Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Danielle Holley-Walker |
| 9th President of Spelman College | |
| In office August 1, 2002 – July 31, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Audrey F. Manley |
| Succeeded by | Mary Schmidt Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 27, 1954 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MA, PhD) Hartford Seminary (MA) |
| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Life in isolation: Black families living in a predominantly white community |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | African American studies |
| Institutions | |
Beverly Christine Daniel Tatum (born September 27, 1954) is an American psychologist, administrator, and educator who has conducted research and written books on the topic of racism. Focusing specifically on race in education, racial identity development in teenagers, and assimilation of black families and youth in white neighborhoods. Tatum uses works from her students, personal experience, and psychology learning. Tatum served from 2002 to 2015 as the ninth president of Spelman College, the oldest historically black women's college in the United States.