Tiya Miles (Chair) is the author of eight books, including four prize-winning histories, a prize-winning novel, and the recent biography Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People. Her 2021 National Book Award Winner, All That She Carried, was a New York Times bestseller awarded 11 historical and literary prizes. Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University and the recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, and Mellon Foundations.