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Ann T. Skinner

Research Project Manager

Ann Skinner, who has been employed at the Center since 2001, is a research scientist with Parenting Across Cultures (PAC). Skinner also works as the liaison between researchers and the N.C. Department of Public Instruction on the C-StARR Project (formerly the Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center).

Skinner’s specific research interests include the effects of exposure to violence on children’s development and the role that acculturation plays in parenting practices and child behavior.

Prior to her work with Parenting Across Cultures, Skinner was a senior school specialist and research analyst on the GREAT Schools and Families middle school violence prevention project at the Center, and Project CLASS, an intervention designed to test two programs aimed at improving academic skills for elementary students with attention problems.

Skinner has a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a master's degree in education from the College of William and Mary with a focus on teaching students with emotional and learning disabilities. Before joining the Center, she worked as a special education teacher, trainer and supervisor in the North Carolina public schools and at residential facilities for at-risk youth in Rhode Island and North Carolina.

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Gothenburg, Sweden - 2021
• Master's Degree in Education, The College of William and Mary -

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Skinner, AT and Oburu, P and Lansford, JE and Bacchini, D (2014). Childrearing Violence and Child Adjustment Following Exposure to Kenyan Post-election Violence.. Psychology of violence, 4(1), 37--50. (Print). [doi]  [abs]


2. Skinner, A.T., Bacchini, D., Lansford, J.E., Godwin, J.W., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L.M.U., Zelli, A., Alampay, L.P., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bombi, A.S., Bornstein, M.H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Miranda, M.C., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C. (2014). Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries. Societies, 4(1), 45-67. [45]


3. Skinner, AT and Babinski, LM and Gifford, EJ (2014). Teachers' expectations and self-efficacy for working with bullies and victims. Psychology in the Schools, 51(1), 72--84. [doi]  [abs]


4. Gassman-Pines, Anna and Ann T. Skinner (2017). Psychological Acculturation and Parenting Behaviors in Mexican-Immigrant Families. Journal of Family Issues.


5. Albert, WD and Hanson, JL and Skinner, AT and Dodge, KA and Steinberg, L and Deater-Deckard, K and Bornstein, MH and Lansford, JE (2020). Individual differences in executive function partially explain the socioeconomic gradient in middle-school academic achievement.. Developmental science, 23(5), e12937. (Print-Electronic). [doi]  [abs]


6. Skinner, A and Lansford, J and Bornstein, MH and Deater-Deckard, K and Dodge, K and Malone, P and Steinberg, L "Education and Parenting in the United States." School Systems, Parent Behavior, and Academic Achievement An International Perspective. Ed. Sorbring, E and Lansford, J Springer Nature, November, 2019: 123--138. [9783030282769]  [abs]

1. Social Connectedness in the Prevention of Youth Violence, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, May 08, 2017
2. Positive Parenting, Corporal Punishment and Child Adjustment: A Longitudinal View in 9 Countries, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, March 09, 2016
3. Positive Parenting and Child Adjustment in 9 Countries, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
4. Positive Parenting, Paternal Involvement and Predictability: Child Adjustment in 9 Countries, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya, June 11, 2015
5. Psychological Acculturation and Parenting Practices in Latino Immigrant Families, Hashemite University; Amman, Jordan, 2014