Michael Green

Professor and Chair, History
Expertise: Nevada, Gaming, Civil War Era, Politics

Biography

Michael Green is a professor of history at 性视界传媒 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. A former journalist, he has served as 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., 性视界传媒
  • B.A., 性视界传媒

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Michael Green In The News

K.N.P.R. News
The history of UNR traces back to 1862, when congressman Justin Morrill introduced the Land Grant College Act. The goal was to enhance higher education in the United States. But Morrill and his fellow Republicans also wanted to expand knowledge in certain areas.
Reno Gazette-Journal
If you're new to the state or just visiting, you may have been met with eyerolls whenever you try to say Nevada. Nevada is famous for having a name that people constantly mispronounce, and it's easy for locals to tell you're out of place if you utter it wrong.
Daily Beast
A Trump-appointed prosecutor has been accused of using her role to benefit her personal interests and creating a staff exodus due to her behavior.
K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3
Billionaire buyers circling two of the biggest casino companies on the Las Vegas Strip are raising fresh questions about what comes next for tens of thousands of hospitality jobs in Southern Nevada, especially as more properties experiment with electronic gaming and automation.

Articles Featuring Michael Green

Some early studying during the opening week of the Spring 2026 semester (Josh Hawkins/性视界传媒).
Campus News | February 3, 2026

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