Maj. Bryant Etheridge

Maj. Bryant Etheridge

Assistant Professor

Office: 333 Scott Shipp Hall

Phone: 540-464-7260

Email: etheridgeb@vmi.edu

Fields: 20th Century U.S. history; Civil Rights; History of Capitalism

Honors and Awards
  • Research funding awarded by: Cornell University, Lamar University, American Historical Association, Hagley Library, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, Wayne State University

Assistant professor Bryant Etheridge specializes in modern U.S. economic and political history, with a focus on federal economic policy in the mid-twentieth century.

Before coming to VMI in 2023, Etheridge received a B.A. from the College of William & Mary, an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Clements Center at Southern Methodist University, and has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bridgewater State University and Plymouth State University.

At VMI, Etheridge serves as the advisor of cadet-led group study sessions for the U.S. Constitutional History course and has directed honors theses on topics related to 20th Century U.S. politics. He is a native of the Tidewater area.

Courses Taught

  • African American Civil Rights Movement
  • American Capitalism
  • U.S. Constitutional History
  • U.S. Since 1945
  • World War II
Publications

Articles

  • “The Fight for Fair Training: Fair Employment, Defense Worker Training, and the African American Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1940-45.” Journal of Southern History 88, no. 3 (August 2022): 501-538.
  • “Contesting the Great Compression: The National Labor Relations Board and Skilled Workers’ Struggle to Control Wage Differentials, 1935-1955.” Journal of Policy History 32, no. 2 (Spring 2020): 183-213.