Recognized leader in clinical psychology whose work focuses on race in education and racial identity development in teenagers
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Dr. Tatumopens in new window, interim president of Mount Holyoke College and president emerita of Spelman College, is a clinical psychologist. She received the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award in 2013 and was the 2014 recipient of the APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.
Dr. Tatum’s work focuses on race in education, racial identity development in teenagers, and assimilation of Black families and youth in White neighborhoods. She has also written about the continued racial segregation of schools and its impact on achievement in racial minorities.
Tatum, B. D. (1997). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? Basic Books; Hachette Book Group.
Tatum, B. D. (2007). Can we talk about race? And other conversations in an era of school resegregation. Beacon Press.
Race, Development, Culture, Race, Racism
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