Tiya Miles
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
American Culture, Afroamerican & African Studies, Native
American Studies
Email: tiya@umich.edu
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was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where most of my
family still resides. I received my A.B. in Afro-American
Studies from Harvard University (1992), my M.A. in Women’s
Studies from Emory University (1995), and my Ph.D. in American
Studies from the University of Minnesota (2000). I spent
two years at Dartmouth College serving as the coordinator
of the Shabazz African American Center and writing my dissertation
with funding from the Ford Foundation and the Dartmouth
College Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship. While
in residence at Dartmouth, I co-organized with Stephanie
Morgan and Celia Naylor the first national conference on
African American and Native American relations. I taught
in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of
California, Berkeley before moving to the University of
Michigan in 2002.
My research and creative interests include African American
and Native American interrelated and comparative histories
and literatures; African American women’s history;
and the histories, feminist theories, and life experiences
of women of color in the United States. At the University
of Michigan I am an assistant professor in the Program in
American Culture, the Native American Studies Program, and
the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies. My book,
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family
in Slavery and Freedom, was published by the University
of California Press in 2005. In 2007, I was awarded the
Hiett Prize in the Humanities from the Dallas Institute
of Humanities and Culture.
I am an avid reader of feminist mysteries, a passionate
fan of old houses, and a loyal patron of Dairy Queen.
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