Kyle Breen

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Kyle Breen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Louisiana State University.

Breen's research interests include disaster response and recovery, volunteerism in disaster, social media use in disaster, social vulnerability, and environmental justice.

Breen has worked on numerous projects and has studied the relationship between inequality, disaster and environmental hazards, and educational outcomes and experiences, hurricane evacuation intentions and behavior, disaster risk perception, and nonprofits and volunteerism in disaster. Currently, Breen is part of several cross-national research projects focused on disaster preparedness, response and recovery in both the United States and Canada.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M International University
  • 2022–2024
    Postdoctoral research fellow, Dalhousie University
  • 2017–2022
    Graduate Research Assistant, Louisiana State University

Education

  • 2022 
    Louisiana State University, PhD in Sociology
  • 2018 
    Louisiana State University, Master of Arts in Sociology

Publications

  • 2024
    Volunteer motivations in civilian volunteer search and rescue organizations., International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • 2024
    ‘If Somebody Needed Help, I Went Over’: Leveraging Social Capital Theory to Examine Therapeutic Communities of Older Adult Farmers in BC Floods., International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • 2024
    Promoting older adults’ engagement in disaster settings: An introduction to the special issue, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • 2023
    College Students and Environmental Disasters: A Review of the Literature, Social Sciences
  • 2021
    Disaster Racism: Using Black Sociology, Critical Race Theory, and History to Understand Racial Disparity to Disaster in the United States, Disaster Prevention and Management
  • 2021
    Staying Above Water: Educational Outcomes of College Students During the 2016 Louisiana Flood, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Promoting Disaster Mental Health Preparedness (DMHP) in Higher Education: An Exploratory Study of College Students in Halifax, Canada and Boston, the U.S.
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • 2024
    Promoting Nova Scotia Post-Wildfire Recovery: A Canada-U.S. Knowledge Mobilization Symposium.
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2024
    Building Disaster Preparedness Capacity for Rural Service Providers in the Homelessness Sector: A Comparative Case Study in British Columbia and Nova Scotia
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2023
    Framing Labor Disruption as a Man-Made Disaster to University Environments: Experiences of and Impacts to Dual Role Students as Strike Actors and Victims
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2022
    Privilege and Marginalization of Rural Community in the Global Climate Change: A Cross-Sectoral Systematic Review
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2022
    Canadian Disaster Rapid Response Research (3R) enhancement: Initiating a Researcher Platform and Coordination Network (Can-3R).
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2022
    Hurricane Media Coverage and Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Responses: Novel Rapid Response Research Across a Complete Hurricane Cycle in Atlantic Canada
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2019
    Collaborative Research: Organizational Development, operations, and new media among civilian flood-rescue groups
    Role:
    Research Assistant
    Funding Source:
    National Science Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • International Sociological Association
  • American Sociological Association

Contact Kyle for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision