Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M International University
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.