Kevin is the author of Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2015, a book exploring how shared traumas can either bring people together or tear people apart. His second book, When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America, will explore homelessness and relational poverty in the US, and will be published in late 2023.
Kevin’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and The Huffington Post.
Kevin’s first book
“a powerful resource for anyone interested in change.”
“shows how people can build a better tomorrow in times of tragedy”
“an absolute treat”
“incisive, humane, and uplifting work that sheds new light on how to form and
build one of our most precious shared commodities: social capital”
–Amazon reviewers (100% 5 stars)
Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital: A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa unearths the under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital.
This book offers a new theory for why social capital shifts in society from one generation to another: the transformative impact of shared traumas. Order the book today.
