MacArthur Grant winner announcement

Tiya was awarded a 2011 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for her work on African American and Native American history. View the MacArthur Foundation announcement, or read the coverage by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, AnnArbor.com, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the University Record, and the Michigan Daily. Also listen to the NPR All Things Considered announcement of the grant winners, and read the blog entry about Tiya by Professor Emerita Kathy Jones of San Diego State University.