Dr. Tiya Miles

Biography

Tiya Miles is a Michael Garvey Professor of History and a Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. She is a public historian, academic historian, and creative writer, whose work primarily explores the intersections of African American, Native American, and women’s histories in their contextual places. Her areas of greatest interest include the nineteenth-century U.S. South, Midwest, and West. Miles offers courses related to slavery, public history, women’s history, literature, interrelated Black and Indigenous histories, and environmental humanities. Her latest books include 'Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman Faith Dreams Free People' and 'Wild Girls: Outdoors Shaped Women Challenged Nation', both of which explore significant themes in these fields. With seven authored books, Miles is a two-time winner of Yale’s Frederick Douglass Prize for her studies on slavery, abolition, and resistance. Her work has received numerous accolades, including the American Historical Association Equity Award in 2022 for her mentorship of students from diverse backgrounds. Miles holds AB in Afro-American Studies from Harvard University, an MA in Women’s Studies from Emory University, and a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. Before joining Harvard, she taught at the University of Michigan for sixteen years, where she served as Chair of the Department of Afroamerican & African Studies and Director of the Native American Studies Program.

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