Katy Chiles teaches and writes about African-American and Native American literature, early American literature and culture, and critical race theory. Affiliated with the Africana Studies and American Studies programs, Professor Chiles teaches courses such as Major Black Writers, the Antebellum Black Atlantic, Black American Literature and Aesthetics, Critical Race Theory, and the Colloquium in Literature. In 2015, she was awarded the University of Tennessee Research and Creative Achievement—Professional Promise Award from the UT Chancellor’s Office; she also received one of the Outstanding Teacher Awards from the University of Tennessee Alumni Association. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, the Newberry Library, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her book, Transformable Race: Surprising Metamorphoses in the Literatures of Early America , was published in 2014 by Oxford University Press. She is currently working on another book project that examines race, collaboration, and print history in early American literature.