#  Dean Kyne 

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Full Professor, Department of Sociology; Coordinator, Disaster Studies Program, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

 

 

 



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 location\_on 1727 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://webapps.utrgv.edu/aa/dm/#/user/dean.kyne) 

 

- [ Linkedin   ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deankyne/)
 
 



 

**Research interests:** Disaster studies and governance; resilience; humanitarian response; environmental sociology; conflict-affected communities; justice; social vulnerability; GIS and spatial analysis; sustainability; public policy; and border communities.



 

 

 





 

 

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