Isabel Skinner
Department(s):
School of Politics and International Affairs
Title(s):
Assistant Prof.
Office Location
MS PAC 352
Phone Number
217-206-7878
Email
iwill21@uis.edu

Dr. Skinner received her PhD. in Government and Public Policy from the University of Arizona. Dr. Skinner's expertise is in American Politics, political behavior, and public opinion. Her research interests include immigration and refugee issues, race and ethnicity politics, and political psychology topics including attitude formation and the reception of political communication. Her work has been published in American Political Science Review, Public Opinion Quarterly, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, and Politics Groups and Identities. At UIS, Dr. Skinner teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including Deconstructing Citizenship, American Closing Seminar, US-Mexico Border Politics, African Americans and American Politics, and Women and Politics.


Recent Publications:



  • Skinner, Isabel Williams. "How Characterizations of Refugees Shape Attitudes Toward Refugee Restrictions: A Study of Christian and Muslim Americans." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 34, no. 3 (2022): edac022. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edac022


  • Williams, Isabel, Timothy B. Gravelle, and Samara Klar. "The competing influence of policy content and political cues: cross-border evidence from the United States and Canada." American Political Science Review 116, no. 4 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055422000351


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