Beverly Daniel Tatum

Beverly Daniel Tatum
Born	September 27th, 1954
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wesleyan University, Hartford Seminary, University of Michigan
Employer	Spelman College
Known for	Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity
Children	David, Travis

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 an 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 College as president.

Select scholarship

• Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation" 2007
• Tatum, Beverly D. (1997). "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity. Basic Books. ISBN 0465083617. 
• Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community (revised), 2000.

See also

• Presidents and principals of Mount Holyoke College