Research Project Manager
Ann Skinner, who has been employed at the Center since 2001, is the research project manager for Parenting Across Cultures.
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's other work at the Center includes the Z. Smith Reynolds Professional Development Initiative and program evaluation activities.
Skinner has 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.
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Ann T. Skinner
Office: 211 Rubenstein Hall
Phone: (919) 613-9332
Fax: (919) 684-3731
E-mail:
askinner@duke.edu 
Mailing Address:
Box 90545, Durham, NC 27708-0545