Professor Miles is a public historian and history professor who has researched the relationships between African and Cherokee people in colonial America. She is a professor in the Department of History and professor and chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. She holds additional appointments in the Program in American Culture, the Native American Studies Program, and the Department of Women's Studies. Read more at http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730987/k.2B30/Tiya_Miles.htm