| Summary: | Clinical psychologist and college president Beverly Christine Daniel Tatum was born on September 27, 1954 in Tallahassee, Florida. Tatum received her B.A. degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1975, her M.A. degree in 1976 and Ph.D. degree in 1984, both in clinical psychology from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2000, she received her M.A. degree in religious studies from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2002, Tatum assumed the presidency at Spelman College after a distinguished career which included professorships at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Mount Holyoke College and Westfield State College, including a celebrated career as a clinical psychologist. She worked in independent practice from 1988 to 1998. Tatum wrote two widely acclaimed books, Assimilation Blues: Black Families in White Communities: Who Succeeds and Why? and Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race. She retired from Spelman in 2015.
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