Kevin D. Breault

Kevin D. Breault is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University, who researches in the areas of social epidemiology, suicide, homicide, religion in America, and Émile Durkheim. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Spectrum.

Biography

Breault earned his secondary school diploma at Woodstock Country School, South Woodstock, Vermont, his B.A. degree from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, his M.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and in 1986 his Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Breault began his academic career at the University of Cincinnati as Assistant Professor of Sociology (1985–1987), Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavior Sciences (1987), Ogburn-Stouffer Fellow at the University of Chicago (1987–1988). He was then appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry at Washington University (1988–1991), Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Illinois at Chicago (1991-1992), Assistant Professor of Sociology at Austin Peay State University (1992–1994), Associate Professor of Sociology at Austin Peay (1994–1998), Sociology Chair at Austin Peay State University (1997–1998). He was appointed Associate Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University in 1991, and promoted in 2001 to Professor.[1]

He served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Spectrum (2012–2015), and since 2016 serves as the journal's Editor-in-Chief. He has served as President of the Mid-South Sociological Association (2016-2017).[2]

Work

Breault researches in the areas of motor vehicle deaths, Émile Durkheim, immigration and suicide, gerontology, homicide victimization, violent crime, drug use, teen pregnancy, the temporal nature of crime, femicide, minorities and crime, social integration, marital status, social isolation, property crime, religious diversity in America, divorce, psychophysical measurement, and the measurement of marginal utility.

Selected publications

His most highly cited publications are:

  • "Suicide in America: A Test of Durkheim’s Theory of Religious and Family Integration, 1933-1980,” American Journal of Sociology, 1986, 628-56. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 291 times.[3]
  • “Reassessing the Structural Covariates of Violent and Property Crime: A County Level Study,” (with A. J. Kposowa & B. Harrison), British Journal of Sociology, 1995, 46, 79-105. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 211 times.[3]
  • “New Evidence on Religious Pluralism, Urbanism and Religious Participation,” American Sociological Review, 1989, 54, 1048-53.[4] According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 181 times.[3]
  • “Explaining Divorce in the United States,” (with A.J. Kposowa), Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987, 49, 549-58. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 101 times.[3]
  • “A Comparative Analysis of Durkheim’s Theory of Egoistic Suicide” (with K. Barkey), [[Sociological Quarterly]], 1982, 23, 321-31. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 100 times.[3]

References
  1. "Dr. Kevin D. Breault". Middle Tennessee State University.
  2. "Officers". Mid-South Sociological Association Inc.
  3. Google Scholar Author page, Accessed Dec. 10, 2020
  4. Breault, Kevin D. (1989). "JOURNAL ARTICLE New Evidence on Religious Pluralism, Urbanism, and Religious Participation". American Sociological Review. American Sociological Review. 54 (6): 1048–1053. doi:10.2307/2095723. JSTOR 2095723.
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