Conference Keynote
Educating Tomorrow's Global
Women Leaders
Beverly Daniel Tatum
President, Spelman College
September 30
7:30 pm
Saint Mary's College
O'Laughlin Auditorium
In addition to being the accomplished president of America's oldest historically black college for women, Dr. Tatum is widely recognized as a scholar, teacher, race relations expert and leader in higher education. A clinical psychologist by training, her areas of research include racial identity development, and the role of race in the classroom.
The recipient of numerous honorary degrees, in 2005 Dr. Tatum was awarded the prestigious Brock International Prize in Education for her innovative leadership in the field.
Her best-selling titles include Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation (2007) and "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" And Other Conversations About Race (1997). She is also the author of Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community (1987).
Complete biography for Dr. Tatum