Trevor Bryant
Professional Profile
Professor Trevor Bryant graduated from the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Liberal Arts with a concentration in Florida Studies. He received his Doctorate in Atlantic History from Florida International University. At FIU, he specialized in colonial Atlantic history. He specifically emphasized Colonial Latin America, the Caribbean, and Atlantic Slavery. Professor Bryant joined Flagler College in 2023 and is now the college's Director of Public History.
Professor Bryant’s primary research focuses on how people from all over the Atlantic world passed through Florida, linking the Spanish Caribbean to the Southern British Colonies. At Flagler, Professor Bryant teaches a variety of classes on colonialism in the United States and Latin American History. He encourages students to challenge preconceived ideas about colonialism in North America and to develop transferable skills that translate to any career after college.
Teaching
Courses taught:
- Intros to Latin America, Modern and Colonial U.S., and World History
- Historical Methods
- History of Cuba
- Smuggling and Piracy in Colonial Florida
- Comparative Conquests of the Americas
- St. Augustine in World History
- The American Revolution from the Outside
Research
Professor Bryant's current project, tentatively titled Enslavement, Smuggling, or Wandering: Free and Forced Mobilities in the 18th Century Spanish Caribbean, examines how free and enslaved Africans and their descendants traveled across international and local boundaries to challenge and transform “Enlightened” Spanish and British policies while also pursuing goals outside the scope of the imperial imagination.
He is additionally pursuing research in comparative colonial history, captive mobilities, Atlantic slavery, public and digital history, Florida history, and Caribbean history.
More Information
Office Hours (On Campus)
Monday: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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