Kyle Albert
Biographic Data
| ID | 246493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyle Albert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyle |
| FAMILY NAME | Albert |
| SIGNATURE | ALBERT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0029-0189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Narrative Inquiry Into the Menopause Experiences of Women With Spinal Cord Injury
Menopause presents distinct medical and social challenges for women with spinal cord injury (SCI), yet little is known about the lived experiences of this population, in part due to gender bias in SCI research and care. This narrative inquiry explores how disability, gender, and aging intersect to shape the menopausal experiences of women with SCI. This study involved two participants, Kim and Nadine, each of whom took part in four in-depth conve…
The impossibility problem: When public health policies require what structural conditions prevent
"Bubbles" were introduced as a nonpharmacological strategy in 2020 COVID-19 public health guidelines, comparable to social distancing measures. Despite the seemingly clear metaphor of bubbles, public communication and guidelines for bubbling across Canada and globally created a context of ambiguity, confusion, and inconsistency. It was up to individual citizens, households, groups, schools, and workplaces to know what a bubble was and how to impl…
Vaccination in a Post-truth World: The Role of Self-rated Health, (Mis)trust, and Intuition
This article offers a qualitative analysis of how people discursively justify and make sense of their COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 39 people in British Columbia, Canada, just prior to the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine (Oct–Dec 2020), the objective of this study is to explore why some citizens are in favor of a COVID-19 vaccination while others are against receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Our qualitative d…
Keeping up with Covid‐19 information: Capacity issues and knowledge uncertainty early in the pandemic
This article examines the relationship between information consumption and mental health during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adopting a qualitative approach, we interviewed 39 people in British Columbia, Canada between October and December 2020. Interestingly, half of the participants did not want to seek out new information on COVID-19, making their early insights and initial confusion salient. While some individuals did desire up-…
Non-Physical and Ambient Sexual Harassment of Women Undergraduate University Students in Canada: A Diary Study
Using a 60-day daily e-diary tool, 117 women undergraduate students reported sexual harassment on a Canadian university campus (4,283 diary surveys, collectively). Participants reported 181 incidents of both ambient sexual harassment ( witnessing 40 incidents , hearing 106 unwelcomed sexual jokes/remarks) and targeted personal experiences of non-physical sexual harassment (35 incidents). Qualitative data document students' descriptions of these e…
Towards a critical realist epistemology
When critical realists consider epistemology they typically start from “epistemological relativism.” We find this position necessary, but we also find it insufficient because it lacks a critique of the highly unequal social relations among observers themselves—relations that shape the very production of knowledge. While it is indeed the case that all knowledge is fallible, it is also the case that all knowledge is positioned , with a particular s…
Occupational Licensure and Entrepreneurs: The Case of Tax Preparers in the United States
The authors examine the relationship between entrepreneurship and occupational licensure using data on the universe of more than 700,000 tax preparers in the United States. Prior research suggests that occupational licensure has negative effects on entrepreneurship because it increases the costs of operating a business. By contrast, the authors argue that licensure may allow entrepreneurs to signal quality and enhance their legitimacy. States tha…
Beyond the responsibility binary: Analysing Maternal Responsibility in the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Decision
With the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine positioned as the 'right tool' to protect girls' health and sexual health, public discourse positions parents as 'responsible' if they vaccinate, 'irresponsible' if they do not. The problem with this binary, however, is that it cannot account for the full spectrum of responsibilities and social norms that parents enact in vaccine decisions. In this paper, and in the context of low HPV vaccination rates,…
Green for All? Gender Segregation and Green Fields of Study in American Higher Education
Using the example of green fields of study in higher education, which emerged largely in response to the growing prominence of the environmental movement over recent decades, this article posits that new and emerging fields of study can be an important source of change in gender segregation across fields of study. We suggest that new and emerging fields of study, when framed outside of existing gender divisions, may transcend established gender d…
The certification earnings premium: An examination of young workers
Towards a New Normal: Emergent Elites and Feminist Scholarship
Erasing the Social from Social Science: The Intellectual Costs of Boundary-Work and the Canadian Institute of Health Research
In 2009, Canadian social science research funding underwent a transition. Social science health-research was shifted from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), an agency previously dominated by natural and medical science. This paper examines the role of health-research funding structures in legitimizing and/or delimiting what counts as 'good' social science health research…
Labor Union Political Strategy in an Era of Decline and Revitalization
U.S. labor unions faced sharp membership losses over the last few decades, and some responded by ushering in a new, revitalized model of organizing. Yet we know little about how these forces may be shaping the political activities of the labor movement. Has crisis prompted unions to take aim at public policies inhibiting union vitality, or have unions turned outward to embrace broader social causes? This paper uses an original dataset of union ap…
An Analysis of Labor Union Participation in U.S. Congressional Hearings
Using both a new data set of labor union appearances in congressional hearings and archival data on union organizational resources, this article analyzes factors that determine whether a labor union will be represented in congressional hearing testimony in a given year. Consistent with the expectations of resource mobilization theory, organizational resources are important predictors of participation in congressional hearings. For example, member…
Towards a critical realist epistemology
When critical realists consider epistemology they typically start from “epistemological relativism.” We find this position necessary, but we also find it insufficient because it lacks a critique of the highly unequal social relations among observers themselves—relations that shape the very production of knowledge. While it is indeed the case that all knowledge is fallible, it is also the case that all knowledge is positioned , with a particular s…
Beyond the responsibility binary: Analysing Maternal Responsibility in the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Decision
With the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine positioned as the 'right tool' to protect girls' health and sexual health, public discourse positions parents as 'responsible' if they vaccinate, 'irresponsible' if they do not. The problem with this binary, however, is that it cannot account for the full spectrum of responsibilities and social norms that parents enact in vaccine decisions. In this paper, and in the context of low HPV vaccination rates,…
The certification earnings premium: An examination of young workers
Erasing the Social from Social Science: The Intellectual Costs of Boundary-Work and the Canadian Institute of Health Research
In 2009, Canadian social science research funding underwent a transition. Social science health-research was shifted from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), an agency previously dominated by natural and medical science. This paper examines the role of health-research funding structures in legitimizing and/or delimiting what counts as 'good' social science health research…
Non-Physical and Ambient Sexual Harassment of Women Undergraduate University Students in Canada: A Diary Study
Using a 60-day daily e-diary tool, 117 women undergraduate students reported sexual harassment on a Canadian university campus (4,283 diary surveys, collectively). Participants reported 181 incidents of both ambient sexual harassment ( witnessing 40 incidents , hearing 106 unwelcomed sexual jokes/remarks) and targeted personal experiences of non-physical sexual harassment (35 incidents). Qualitative data document students' descriptions of these e…
An Analysis of Labor Union Participation in U.S. Congressional Hearings
Using both a new data set of labor union appearances in congressional hearings and archival data on union organizational resources, this article analyzes factors that determine whether a labor union will be represented in congressional hearing testimony in a given year. Consistent with the expectations of resource mobilization theory, organizational resources are important predictors of participation in congressional hearings. For example, member…
Towards a New Normal: Emergent Elites and Feminist Scholarship
An Analysis of Labor Union Participation in U.S. Congressional Hearings
Using both a new data set of labor union appearances in congressional hearings and archival data on union organizational resources, this article analyzes factors that determine whether a labor union will be represented in congressional hearing testimony in a given year. Consistent with the expectations of resource mobilization theory, organizational resources are important predictors of participation in congressional hearings. For example, member…
Erasing the Social from Social Science: The Intellectual Costs of Boundary-Work and the Canadian Institute of Health Research
In 2009, Canadian social science research funding underwent a transition. Social science health-research was shifted from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), an agency previously dominated by natural and medical science. This paper examines the role of health-research funding structures in legitimizing and/or delimiting what counts as 'good' social science health research…
Labor Union Political Strategy in an Era of Decline and Revitalization
U.S. labor unions faced sharp membership losses over the last few decades, and some responded by ushering in a new, revitalized model of organizing. Yet we know little about how these forces may be shaping the political activities of the labor movement. Has crisis prompted unions to take aim at public policies inhibiting union vitality, or have unions turned outward to embrace broader social causes? This paper uses an original dataset of union ap…
Towards a New Normal: Emergent Elites and Feminist Scholarship
Green for All? Gender Segregation and Green Fields of Study in American Higher Education
Using the example of green fields of study in higher education, which emerged largely in response to the growing prominence of the environmental movement over recent decades, this article posits that new and emerging fields of study can be an important source of change in gender segregation across fields of study. We suggest that new and emerging fields of study, when framed outside of existing gender divisions, may transcend established gender d…
The certification earnings premium: An examination of young workers
Occupational Licensure and Entrepreneurs: The Case of Tax Preparers in the United States
The authors examine the relationship between entrepreneurship and occupational licensure using data on the universe of more than 700,000 tax preparers in the United States. Prior research suggests that occupational licensure has negative effects on entrepreneurship because it increases the costs of operating a business. By contrast, the authors argue that licensure may allow entrepreneurs to signal quality and enhance their legitimacy. States tha…
Beyond the responsibility binary: Analysing Maternal Responsibility in the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Decision
With the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine positioned as the 'right tool' to protect girls' health and sexual health, public discourse positions parents as 'responsible' if they vaccinate, 'irresponsible' if they do not. The problem with this binary, however, is that it cannot account for the full spectrum of responsibilities and social norms that parents enact in vaccine decisions. In this paper, and in the context of low HPV vaccination rates,…
Towards a critical realist epistemology
When critical realists consider epistemology they typically start from “epistemological relativism.” We find this position necessary, but we also find it insufficient because it lacks a critique of the highly unequal social relations among observers themselves—relations that shape the very production of knowledge. While it is indeed the case that all knowledge is fallible, it is also the case that all knowledge is positioned , with a particular s…
Keeping up with Covid‐19 information: Capacity issues and knowledge uncertainty early in the pandemic
This article examines the relationship between information consumption and mental health during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adopting a qualitative approach, we interviewed 39 people in British Columbia, Canada between October and December 2020. Interestingly, half of the participants did not want to seek out new information on COVID-19, making their early insights and initial confusion salient. While some individuals did desire up-…
Non-Physical and Ambient Sexual Harassment of Women Undergraduate University Students in Canada: A Diary Study
Using a 60-day daily e-diary tool, 117 women undergraduate students reported sexual harassment on a Canadian university campus (4,283 diary surveys, collectively). Participants reported 181 incidents of both ambient sexual harassment ( witnessing 40 incidents , hearing 106 unwelcomed sexual jokes/remarks) and targeted personal experiences of non-physical sexual harassment (35 incidents). Qualitative data document students' descriptions of these e…
Vaccination in a Post-truth World: The Role of Self-rated Health, (Mis)trust, and Intuition
This article offers a qualitative analysis of how people discursively justify and make sense of their COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 39 people in British Columbia, Canada, just prior to the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine (Oct–Dec 2020), the objective of this study is to explore why some citizens are in favor of a COVID-19 vaccination while others are against receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Our qualitative d…
A Narrative Inquiry Into the Menopause Experiences of Women With Spinal Cord Injury
Menopause presents distinct medical and social challenges for women with spinal cord injury (SCI), yet little is known about the lived experiences of this population, in part due to gender bias in SCI research and care. This narrative inquiry explores how disability, gender, and aging intersect to shape the menopausal experiences of women with SCI. This study involved two participants, Kim and Nadine, each of whom took part in four in-depth conve…
The impossibility problem: When public health policies require what structural conditions prevent
"Bubbles" were introduced as a nonpharmacological strategy in 2020 COVID-19 public health guidelines, comparable to social distancing measures. Despite the seemingly clear metaphor of bubbles, public communication and guidelines for bubbling across Canada and globally created a context of ambiguity, confusion, and inconsistency. It was up to individual citizens, households, groups, schools, and workplaces to know what a bubble was and how to impl…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)