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Isabel Skinner

@dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 🩵💛💖 **views are my own** Political Scientist, AP, Immigration, REP, Political Psychology Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Springfield loves cats, nature, travel, cooking, baking, photography, art

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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Must read OpEd by my friend and colleague Dr. Akash Belsare: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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Academic neutrality is a smokescreen for state-sanctioned indoctrination
A Texas A&M University professor's firing is taking place amid a backdrop of schools and colleges grappling with the very concept of academic neutrality — a vague ideal calling on educational institut...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Thanks to WTAX 93.9 FM and Will Stevenson for the interview - I enjoyed our conversation! capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/uis...
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UIS professor co-authors new report on refugee crisis and political messaging - Capitol City Now
Professor Isabel Skinner co-authored "Framing refugees: experimental evidence from the United States, Canada, and Australia."
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New publication alert!🎉Wonderful working with @timgravelle.bsky.social and thanks to our anonymous reviewers and the JEPOP team. Refugee resettlement and asylum are humanitarian issues!🫂🌍☮️ doi.org/10.1080/1745...
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Framing refugees: experimental evidence from the United States, Canada, and Australia
The acceptance and resettlement of humanitarian migrants is a politically charged issue in many western democracies. Still, research focusing specifically on attitudes toward humanitarian migrants ...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Fresh OpEd just dropped in @thehill.com with friend and colleague Brandon Bolte. thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Cute! I'm a PBS kid! Like our National Parks, PBS and NPR are national treasures -not to mention our institutions of higher learning. Congrats class of 2025! 🎓
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Latest OpEd in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social thanks to Hugo Balta, Michele Weldon, and the Op Ed Project team. thefulcrum.us/civic-engage...
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“Your Moment is Now”: Stand With Students Threatened For Protesting
"Your moment is now," Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX.) recently told the graduating class at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, in her commencement speech.This year, such messages to graduates hav...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Well the results of this poll are worrying to me but I was proud to express my opinion on this poll and talk to a reporter even if I am in the minority. As you can see I got the last word: transgender people are not a threat. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ apnews.com/article/tran...
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Transgender issues are a strength for Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults agree with President Donald Trump that whether a person is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Thank you so much David, Wendy, and Tim for having me and for your work!
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
You go, Teen Vogue! 👏
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My research "How security framing creates disagreement in public opinion: evidence from US refugee policy" was published in Politics Groups and Identities 🎉 🎉 🎉 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/APN88...
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How security framing creates disagreement in public opinion: evidence from US refugee policy
Using an experiment, I attempt to unpack the relationship between political communication and public opinion on a salient and purportedly polarizing issue: refugee policy. I theorize that public di...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My OpEd in The Fulcrum about the US government's use of illusion in immigration enforcement. thefulcrum.us/governance-l...
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Tracking Mass Deportation by the Numbers, Not Smoke and Mirrors
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.”The not-so-ethereal Wizard infamously demands this in the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 novel by...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Really enjoyed attending #FYE2025 Conference for the First Year Experience with colleagues in NOLA ⚜️💚💜💛 Higher Ed professionals keeping up the good work!
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Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository. (The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Lest we forget. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
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Opinion | What I Saw on Jan. 6 Still Haunts Me (Gift Article)
Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🌲 ❄️ 🦌 Springfield, IL
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
RIP President Jimmy Carter. Public office should be about public service. And it doesn't stop there, we can all do more for our community.
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Meridith Bolster @meribolst.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
#homeless #unhoused #harmreduction
Decriminalize survival 
Image shows a drawing of 3 tents indicating that one should not make laws against basic survival
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Boys receive less information about gender inequality-- so family conversations may make a difference. @maraceci.bsky.social and @smorell93.bsky.social present research explaining the gender gap in support for the protection and advancement of women's rights. #PoliSky news.umich.edu/talk-to-him-...
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Talk to him: How a conversation can shape public support for women's rights
A single conversation with a close family member may not change a young woman's views on policies protecting their rights, but it can strongly influence young men's attitudes.
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Asif Wilson pens a heartfelt love letter to his future daughter after watching Wicked 💚 visiblemagazine.com/what-wicked-...
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What "Wicked" might mean for my daughter's Black skin by Asif Wilson - VISIBLE Magazine
As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold to see “Wicked,” the Broadway musical-turned-movie that follows Elphaba and Glinda through their time at Oz’s Shiz...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Latest OpEd published today in The Opinion Pages. I explore leaders choice to pit vulnerable people against each other for basic human necessities. Resist dehumanization! theopinionpages.com/2024/12/we-n...
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We Need Humane Policies for Homeless People and Asylum Seekers | The Opinion Pages
As temperatures hover below freezing and the season of giving looms, Chicago’s decision to “clear” tent encampments from Humboldt Park creates fresh fears, confusion, and controversy. Though such even...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My local paper, call for unity, Abe Lincoln 🎩Op Ed www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion...
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Preserving our Union
I recently learned that several counties are hoping to leave our state. While this seems legally dubious, the sentiment behind this move concerns me as...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My pre-election Op-Ed that is...still relevant 😬 visiblemagazine.com/trump-anti-i...
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"Enemies Within": Trump's Anti-Immigration and Authoritarian Rhetoric by Isabel Skinner - VISIBLE Magazine
It’s almost Halloween and, this year, I have already been given a real fright. Former President Donald Trump recently suggested in an interview that the military could be deployed against “enemies wit...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Expert analysis: The rise of populism in the US, checks and balances, potential threats to immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ community during a second Trump administration. www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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The election is over. Now what? UIS professors contemplate the future
"The Election is Over. Now What?" That was the name of the panel discussion held by the UIS School of Politics and International Affairs, featuring UIS professors Matthew Geras, Isabel Skinner and Jas...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My colleagues and I discussed the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, refugee issues, democratic backsliding, and signs for hope. www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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What could a second Trump presidency mean on the international stage? UIS professors explore possibilities in panel discussion
The University of Illinois Springfield School of Politics and International Affairs and the Center for State Policy and Leadership hosted a panel discussion titled, “Foreign Affairs in the 2024 U.S. E...
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Isabel Skinner @dr-isabelskinner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My OpEd was published by Ms. Magazine last week! 💖 msmagazine.com/2024/11/15/a...
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Feeling Sold Out by Your Own Country Isn’t New for Many Americans - Ms. Magazine
Black and LGBTQ Americans women know we must stay engaged, to resist the urge to flee or opt out of the political process.
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