Education

PhD in Sociology, University of Ghana (Dec, 2015)

M. Phil Sociology, University of Ghana (Dec, 2003)

B. A. (Sociology & Political Science), University of Ghana (May, 1999)

Research Interest

Dr. Albert Kpoor’s key research interests include gendered household headship, household livelihood strategies, single female parent households and their coping strategies, decision-making processes of single mothers, and the socio-economic and cultural impacts on the Ghanaian traditional family structure.

Research Grants and Fellowship:

2010 - Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program (CCSP) award as PhD Exchange Student at Simon Fraser University in Canada.

2013-2015 - University of Ghana and Carnegie Corporation Next Generation of African Scholars Fellowship (PhD Fellowship).

Professional Association:  Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association (GSAA)

Publications

• Kpoor, A. (2019). Assets and Livelihoods of Male- and Female-Headed Households in Ghana. Journal of Family Issues, 0192513X19868839.

• Kpoor, A. (2016). Ghana, families in.  In C. L. Shehan (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies: 4 Volume Set (pp. 973-977). New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell Publication Ltd.

• Kpoor, A. (2014). Household Maintenance and Decision Making in Lone Female Parent Families in Ghana. Journal of Family Issues 35 (14), 1959 –1979.

• Kpoor, A. (2014). Female Household Heads and Household Maintenance in Ghana: An Analysis of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors. In D. S. Dzorgbo & T. Tonah (Eds.), Sociology and Development Issues in Ghana: A Reader in Sociology (pp. 168 – 185). Accra: Woeli Publishing Services.

• Kpoor, A. (2014). The Nuclearization of Ghanaian Families. In D. Roscoe (Ed.), Ghana: Social, Economic and Political Issues (pp. 235 – 252). New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

• Kpoor, Albert. (2011). The Coping Strategies of Single Female Parents in Accra. Ghana Social Science Journal 8 (1 & 2), 128-149.