Tiya Miles
Encyclopedia
Tiya Miles is an American historian
, and professor in the Department of History and chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan
. She is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow
.
She graduated from Harvard University
with an A.B. in 1992, from Emory University
with an M.A. in 1995, and from the University of Minnesota
with a Ph.D. in 2000. She was an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley
from 2000 to 2002. She was a School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar from 2007 to 2008.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, and professor in the Department of History and chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. She is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow
MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
.
She graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
with an A.B. in 1992, from Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
with an M.A. in 1995, and from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
with a Ph.D. in 2000. She was an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
from 2000 to 2002. She was a School for Advanced Research Resident Scholar from 2007 to 2008.