Michael Green
Associate Professor, History
Expertise: Nevada, Gaming, Civil War Era, Politics
Biography
Michael Green is an associate professor of history at UNLV and teaches classes for both the history department and the Honors College. His courses range throughout U.S. history, but his teaching and research particularly focus on Las Vegas and Nevada history, the Civil War era and Abraham Lincoln, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He is the author of Nevada: A History of the Silver State and co-author of Las Vegas: A Centennial History, among other books and articles about Nevada. He has published three books on the Civil War era, including Lincoln and the Election of 1860 and Politics and America in Crisis: The Coming of the Civil War. He writes "Nevada Yesterdays," read by former U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, for KNPR and Nevada Humanities. He is a columnist for Nevada's Washington Watch and Vegas Seven. He is a member of the board of directors for The Mob Museum, for which he was one of the researchers.
Education
- Ph.D., Columbia University
- M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Green In The News
August 22, 2019
First, a little civics lesson, and we’ll keep it simple.
August 16, 2019
Las Vegas has been known, unfairly, for blowing up its past. We’ve lost some buildings we wish could have been preserved. But most of the more recent losses have been confined to the resort corridor. One of the hotels to topple was the Landmark. Tearing it down was quick. Building it was a story unto itself, as was its opening, fifty years ago this past July.
August 12, 2019
We’ll be marking a couple of centennials this year, but one of them is looking back at how Nevada reacted in 1919 to things that happened in 1917 and 1918. You heard that right.
August 7, 2019
Few things in life are certain. But here's one of them:
“Well, there's no question that President Trump is going to be our nominee in 2020,” says Nevada GOP spokesperson Keith Schipper.
Articles Featuring Michael Green
ResearchJune 4, 2018
UNLV history professor Michael Green on why the state became a magnet for federal projects.
UNLV HistoryOctober 18, 2017
The 2016 Presidential Debate brought UNLV to global prominence.
UNLV HistorySeptember 7, 2017
As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched UNLV’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.
Campus NewsOctober 18, 2016
Professor Michael Green offers a history lesson in how to say the state's name.