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Professor Mia Bay is the Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of History and a Fellow of Jesus College. She specializes in American and African American intellectual, cultural, and social history, with a focus on race, black women's thought, transportation, and citizenship. Previously, she held roles at the University of Pennsylvania (Roy F. and Jeanette P. Nichols Professor of American History) and Rutgers University, where she directed the Rutgers Center for Race and Ethnicity. Bay earned her BA from the University of Toronto and advanced degrees (MPhil, MA, PhD) from Yale University under David Brion Davis.
Her research explores the intersection of race, space, and mobility, including a current project on African American perspectives of Thomas Jefferson. She is an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer and serves on editorial boards for journals like the Journal of African American History and Modern Intellectual History. Awards include the Bancroft Prize and multiple book awards for her work on race and resistance.
Bay teaches courses such as Race, Space, and Place in American History and Race, Rights, and Citizenship in the U.S. (1865–Present). Her publications include Traveling Black (Harvard UP, 2021) and Freedom on My Mind (Bedford Books, 2021). She advocates for interdisciplinary approaches to history, emphasizing how marginalized voices shape historical narratives.
Professional activities include advising doctoral students and contributing to public history initiatives. Her work bridges academic rigor with accessible scholarship, reflecting her commitment to expanding understanding of African American experiences.
