About Our Guest

Our guest for Episode 12 is Dr. Janet Bednarek, professor and former chair of the Department of History at the University of Dayton, in Ohio. She studies the history of airports in the United States, examining them as pieces of the urban transportation infrastructure. She looks at the relationships between airports and city planning. Listen as she discusses Covid-19 and air travel—what we can do now, and potential solutions for the future. Read Dr. Bednarek’s article in the Conversation: Airlines Got Travelers Comfortable Flying Again Once Before – but 9/11 and a Virus are a Lot Different. 

Dr. Bednarek has written two books both available on Amazon and other outlets—America’s Airports & Airport Cities in the Jet Age