Beverly Daniel Tatum

At top, three headshots. At left, main image is the cover of An Eye for an I: Growing Up with Blindness, Bigotry, and Family Mental Illness by James Francisco Bonilla. (Image: Title text fades left to right from white to transparent. At center a drawn eye encloses a circular photo—its iris—of a mother and son at the beach.) At right, quote: “We need only to be open to sensing our world more fully by remembering that when one eye closes, another “I” can open.” —JAMES FRANCISCO BONILLA. At bottom left corner, text: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. headphones graphic in orange.

At top, three headshots. At left, main image is the cover of An Eye for an I: Growing Up with Blindness, Bigotry, and Family Mental Illness by James Francisco Bonilla. (Image: Title text fades left to right from white to transparent. At center a drawn eye encloses a circular photo—its iris—of a mother and son at the beach.) At right, quote: “After every period of social justice progress, there’s pushback. That we are feeling pushback now is evidence of a lot of progress.” —BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM. At bottom left corner, text: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. headphones graphic in orange.

At top, three headshots. At left, main image is the cover of An Eye for an I: Growing Up with Blindness, Bigotry, and Family Mental Illness by James Francisco Bonilla. (Image: Title text fades left to right from white to transparent. At center a drawn eye encloses a circular photo—its iris—of a mother and son at the beach.) At right, quote: “There’s a difference between knowing history and being constrained by history.” —Charmaine Wijeyesinghe. At bottom left corner, text: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. headphones graphic in orange.

🆕🎧 Excited to share our latest podcast episode featuring James Francisco Bonilla, Beverly Daniel Tatum, and Charmaine Wijeyesinghe in conversation about Bonilla's memoir of healing and advocacy.

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A new study finds that volunteering for democracy boosts retirees’ health.

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Ten Of The Best Higher Education Books Of 2025 From admission guides to research exposes, from leadership advice to books on tenure and academic freedom, here’s a look at ten of the best higher ed titles for 2025.

"[A] practical guide and a moral compass, urging those in leadership roles to lead not from fear but from purpose."

Beverly Tatum's (@bdtauthor.bsky.social) "Peril and Promise" is a @forbes.com Best Book of the Year in Higher Education!

See the list: bit.ly/43Zybim

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

Leadership matters!

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

A hopeful read!
This Is What Autocrats Dread www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

TUNE IN MONDAY to the Morning Show 8-10am PT on @ksvysonoma.bsky.social Guests> Ken Wayne; Fred Allebach; Susan Kirsch; @bdtauthor.bsky.social on her new book, PERIL AND PROMISE; Karen Kilian; & @thantmyintu.bsky.social on his new book, PEACEMAKER. Listen LIVE to 91.3 FM locally or at ksvy.org.

Not a memoir, but a manual: Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum on leading higher education from challenges to joys Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the former president of Spelman College, is sharing what she calls an insider’s guide to leadership in higher education. “Closer Look” host Rose Scott recently sat down with ...

Yesterday (9/15/25) “Closer Look” host Rose Scott aired the recorded conversation we had at Spelman College about my new book, Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times. If you missed it, you can check it out here:

www.wabe.org/not-a-memoir...

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum and President Danielle Holley

Thanks to Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley for hosting a conversation about Peril and Promise and book signing on campus this week! Great to see the campus thriving under her leadership!

The kids are all right, as they say:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

I could not agree more!
#PerilandPromise

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Former college president encourages dialogue to solve higher ed conflicts - The Metro <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When protests on college campuses in response to the Israel-Hamas war erupted across the nation, leaders at some universities cracked down.</span></p> <p><span style...

Enjoyed my conversation with WDET journalist CaryJunior II about free speech and academic freedom on college campuses. Take a listen:

shows.audiocdn.com/s/wdet/the-m...

Beverly Daniel Tatum – Peril and Promise [Review] Theology News & Book Reviews for Christian Readers

NEW REVIEW: John Hawthorne reviews the newest title from Beverly Daniel Tatum
Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times @jwhawthorne.bsky.social @bdtauthor.bsky.social

Thank you @jwhawthorne.bsky.social for such a thoughtful review of my book!

Those who don’t know their history don’t recognize when it’s being repeated.

Pritzker says the press should be asking this question, too, and he's right.

Looks like another example of historical erasure underway!

According to a 2023 Opportunity Insights study (conducted by a group of Harvard economists) of admissions to Ivy-Plus colleges, among the most elite in the U.S., “the largest beneficiaries of preferential treatment in admissions: wealthy and connected white students.”

Let’s Talk About Proxies and Admission (opinion) The ultimate target of the administration’s scrutiny of college admission may be holistic review, Jim Jump writes.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Author holding her book in bookstore

It’s Publication Day! Excited to find Peril and Promise in the “New and Noteworthy” section of my local Barnes & Noble!

Thanks to @jillwatts.bsky.social and her book, The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt for making the history of my grandmother and other African American change agents visible! #NoErasure!

My grandmother, Constance Daniel, a member of Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet,” was fired from her job at the Dept of Agriculture in 1942 for publicly criticizing the Farm Security Administration for using federal dollars to pay poll taxes for southern White farmers but not for Black farmers.

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

On this Labor Day, I’ve been thinking a lot about this article and I am reminded of what happened to my grandmother in 1942, one of few Black women working in the Roosevelt administration.

Academic leadership in uncertain times A former college president offers advice for administrators navigating unprecedented challenges

Academic leadership in uncertain times | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Chronicle Festival 2025: Innovation Amid Uncertainty Join college leaders, experts, and changemakers at the Chronicle Festival as they share ideas for navigating the future — and shaping it.

Big news! You can register for free to watch my conversation with Ian Wilhelm at the Chronicle Festival! ✨
In this interview, we discussed leadership, challenges on campus, and my new book Peril and Promise. Don’t miss it!
Register here - shorturl.at/Oq6GM

This is exciting news, thank you!

✨ Just up on Forbes! ✨ My forthcoming book Peril and Promise earns praise from scholar Marybeth Gasman: “Beverly Daniel Tatum offers both a warning and a sense of hope. Her newest book is needed right now by leaders.” Grateful my message resonates with leaders. shorturl.at/5vZ32

You’re invited! Join me & WABE’s Rose Scott for a Fireside Chat & Book Signing on Tues, Sept 3 at 6 PM in the Cosby Academic Center Auditorium. Dr. Tatum will share insights from her new book Peril and Promise. RSVP: shorturl.at/P027Z