Research Scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Ann Skinner is a Research Scientist at Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy, in Durham, NC, USA. She manages the US data-collection team for Parenting Across Cultures and oversees the data hub for the Parenting Across Cultures international sites.
Her research focuses on the ways in which stressful community, familial, and interpersonal events impact parent-child relationships and the development of aggression and internalizing behaviors in youth. She has extensive experience in data management of multisite projects and in supervising teams for school- and community-based interventions and data collection.
Skinner has a Ph.D in developmental psychology from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a master’s degree in education, and B.A. in psychology, both from the College of William and Mary, with a focus on teaching students with emotional and learning disabilities. Before joining the Center in 2001, 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.
