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.

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...

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...

I could not agree more! #PerilandPromise We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

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...

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.”

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 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 | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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

✨ 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

Delighted to see Spelman alum Amila Jones Williams C’97 at the workshop for educators I was leading today. ❤️ #workshop #educaters #alumni

Full circle moment! I once interviewed Dr. Alina Wong while she was an undergrad at Amherst College. Now Dr. Wong is an academic leader in St. Paul, interviewing me! Later, I surprised her with an advance copy of Peril and Promise as a small token of thanks. 📚❤️ #academicleader #booklover #fullcircle

Sunrise over St. Paul and the Mississippi River that runs through the city. Embrace the promise in each new day! Just like the river, keep rolling! 🌞

And a special congratulations to President Marcheta Evans, starting her 2nd year leading St. Catherine University in St.Paul. Known as St. Kate’s, it was one of the 1st colleges for women in the Midwest, still educating its students to “lead and influence” - the promise of higher education!

We also had a rich conversation about educational challenges and opportunities with a dynamic group of community leaders—including both school superintendents.

So proud of my former student ThaoMee Xiong, now executive director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders in St. Paul! Honored to join her in dialogue with Hmong parents & leaders in the Twin Cities, home to the largest Hmong community in the U.S., on education & identity.

Those who missed the red flags in their countries have a warning for Americans.

Thrilled to join the 20th Annual Festival of Books & Authors in Winston-Salem to share my forthcoming book Peril and Promise. Hope to see you there! Details & full lineup: bookmarksnc.org/list/2025-fe... #BookmarksNC #PerilAndPromise

Also eager to share this beautiful work by Karen Waters Johnson, now on exhibit at the Gallery at Hood Street in McDonough, GA. 🎨 Check it out!

Brought my good friend artist, Karen Waters Johnson, a copy of my new book! Celebrating 50 years of friendship at this very cute coffee shop! 📚

Books arrived today! So exciting to see the finished product, hot off the press! 📚

Congratulations to Drs. Earl Lewis and Dwight McBride, founders of ALI, building a pipeline for the next generation of academic leaders! Honored to be a conference presenter again this year!

Loved our time in Lisbon, but now it's back to Atlanta to get ready for the launch of Peril and Promise! Can't wait to get my copies - hot off the press - very soon! 📚🥳

Happy Wednesday! Make this new day count. 🌞

Good morning✌️🍀

The oldest continuously operating bookstore in the world is in Lisbon! Nothing better than visiting a good bookstore on a quiet afternoon. #Ilovebooks #history #explore

Leadership matters!

On my bucket list - to be fluent in a second language. Successfully placed my order in Portuguese this morning! #progress #learn #travel #explore #morningstart

You still have time to pre-order your copy of my new book, Peril and Promise at Barnes & Noble! 📚 Use code - PREORDER25 - at checkout, offer ends July 11 Here's the link to pre-order your book - bit.ly/4ji2lCN

Iconic cat statue in Lisbon made from plastic garbage cans! Reduce, reuse, recycle!♻️ #Lisbonart #streetart #reduce #reuse #recycle

I love a good sale, hope you do, too! That's why I am sharing a special limited time offer - Pre-order your copy of Peril & Promise now at Barnes and Noble and get 25% off from July 9 to July 11 only! 📚🎉 Use code 🔜 PREORDER25 at checkout Must be a B&N Rewards Member—FREE to join! #BNPreorder 📚

Yes, every day brings moments of joy if you are paying attention.

You have to ask yourself, "what is the goal of this behavior?" Destruction of public education? An uneducated citizenry? Does not seem like "greatness" in the making!

youtu.be/TCoz5vdn8Lg An excellent commencement speech worth watching! #whyeducationmatters

Black women. That's it. Thank you Dr. @dem8z.bsky.social. ✊🏾💙

Re: “agentic AI,” after listening to Meredith Walker, I think I’d rather manage my life myself.

“Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors, a nat’l faculty rights group, described the move as the greatest incursion into academic freedom & free speech since Sen Joseph R. McCarthy’s crusade against communism in the 1950s.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/n...

It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands. Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.