Brian M. Ingrassia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: Old Main 405B
Email: bingrassia@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2470
Professional Profile
Brian Ingrassia joined the WTAMU faculty in 2015. He earned a B.A. in history from Eureka College in 2001 and received his M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2008) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Teaching and Related Service
Dr. Ingrassia specializes in modern American history with a focus on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (circa 1865 to 1920s), as well as sport history, cultural/intellectual history, and Texas history. At WT, he has taught courses in U.S. history, Texas history, sport history, urban history, and historical methods.
Research and Creative Activity
Dr. Ingrassia is the author of Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (University of Illinois Press 2024) and The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education’s Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football (University Press of Kansas 2012). His first book won the annual monograph award from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) in 2013, among other commendations. He currently serves as editor of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, a quarterly journal published by Cambridge University Press, and also serves as series editor for the Sport and Popular Culture book series at the University of Tennessee Press.
Ingrassia has published more than two dozen book chapters and scholarly articles, including pieces in The Journal of Southern History, Journal of the Early Republic, Sport History Review, and Southwestern Historical Quarterly. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sport History and the Panhandle-Plains Historical Review. He was featured on an ESPN documentary (2019) about the history of American intercollegiate football. His current book project focuses on expansion and franchise relocation in organized baseball, especially in relation to antitrust law and stadium construction.