Dan Bubb

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Associate Professor in Residence, UNLV Honors College

Coordinator of Academic Affairs

Expertise: Commercial Aviation, Airport History, World History, U.S. History, American Western History

Biography

Daniel "Dan" Bubb — a former airline pilot — is an expert on commercial aviation and airport history in the American West. His other research areas include United States, American Western, and world history.

An associate professor in residence with the UNLV Honors College, Bubb also serves as the college's coordinator of academic affairs.

In 2012, he published his first book, Landing in Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City (University of Nevada Press). Currently, Bubb is researching and writing a second book that examines the role airlines and airports play in connecting Western American cities with the world.

Bubb serves as the deputy director of the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.

Education

Ph.D., History, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City
M.A., History, UNLV

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Dan Bubb In The News

Remember When Air Travel Was a Treat?

Real Clear History

May 20, 2022

Commercial air travel has come a long way since the “Golden Age of Travel” — an era marked by glamour, gourmet food and dapper passengers.  

Ukraine invasion, fuel costs causing longer airline routes, higher prices

Newsy

March 11, 2022

The airline industry is trying to grapple with the airspace over the world's most sprawling country being off-limits.

Why Nevada is among the highest gas prices in the country

March 10, 2022

UNLV professor and travel expert Dan Bubb says the price of our gas has a lot to do with our location.

UNLV aviation expert explains how Ukrainian conflict impacts U.S. air travel, pricing

March 8, 2022

Air-raid siren warnings and warplanes over Ukraine can't be heard in the United States, but the effects of emptied skies over Russia and Eastern Europe will be felt by consumers on U.S. soil thousands of miles from the war zones.