TODD P. HUBBARD

Todd is the Clarence E. Page Professor of Aviation at the University of Oklahoma, joining the School of Aviation Studies in 2012. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Oklahoma State University and was commissioned into the United States Air Force in May 1974 and retired from the USAF in 1995. During his USAF career, he flew and commanded the KC-135, T-37 trainer, U-2R, TR1-A aircraft. His certificates and rating include, Gold Seal flight instructor, Functional Check Pilot (T-37), Instructor Pilot (Single Engine (U-2R); Multi-Engine Instrument in T-37). Todd’s flight experience includes nearly 2,300 hours in the KC-135 and T-37 and more than 1,100 hours in the U-2R, TR-1A, and U-2C models of the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft from worldwide locations. He served as commander of Loring Maine's T-37 accelerated copilot enrichment program, twice commanded the 4402nd Reconnaissance Squadron (provisional) at King Fahad Air Base, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and commanded the Services Squadron at Beale AFB CA. As a U-2 high altitude reconnaissance pilot, he flew 60 missions on behalf of the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations, foreign customers, and theater commanders in all worldwide regions. He served as a Reconnaissance Staff Officer for NATO (1989-1992). As a Tactical/Evaluation observer pilot for NATO, he flew evaluation missions in the RF-4C and RF-16. Todd earned his MS from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (international campus) in 1987. Following USAF retirement, he worked as an instructional designer/programmer and E-3AWACS pilot simulator for the Boeing Company in Midwest City OK and was a contract instructional systems designer for the University of Oklahoma, building courseware for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. In 2000, Todd earned his EdD from Oklahoma State University and performed postdoctoral research at the FAA Academy (2000-2007), where his work on computer-based scoring of best practices in air traffic control was published in the International Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research (2007). Todd served as editor-in-chief of three scholarly journals from 2001 to 2015, performed lecturer duties at the FAA Academy from 2005 to 2017, and has written articles, books, and book chapters on situation awareness, aviation mental health, pilot selection, and pilot psychological assessment.