It's been a cruel Summer. So I will throw back to a time when more was right in this world -May 16th. I'm here. I'm queer. I'm a Ph.D. ... You know the rest! 😼🏳️‍🌈💙💜💗🌵🌈

Its official I'm in the Prairie State🌻🌽 Ilinois State Fair w/ @mattgeras

Woohoo!🎉🎉my solo piece, "How Characterizations of Refugees Shape Attitudes Toward Refugee Restrictions: A Study of Christian and Muslim Americans", is out in International Journal of Public Opinion Research! academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-…

Happy Mexican Independence Day! Yesterday students in Mexican Migration to the US course invited me to the flag raising to kick off Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month University of Illinois Springfield It was a joyous event 🇲🇽 ¡Viva México!

Meeting old friends @Isabella_Reb and making new ones Isabel W Skinner (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 - having a wonderful time at ISPP - Thank you for organizing @amandajofriesen and all the others #ISPP2023

Had a fantastique time ISPP 2023 Montreal! Great to see my colleagues from around the globe, get inspired, and explore the tres beau ville a bit too. Plz enjoy this totally natural, un-staged photo by @FrankJGonzo

Following the latest trend in social media switch up: I created a LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/isabel-w-sk…

Looking forward to discussing border & immigration with Isabel W Skinner (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 of the University or Illinois Springfield Join us live at 6 pm CST or later as a podcast at BlogTalkradio.com/kudzu

I talked to central IL news last week about... well you know.... the news. Please Vote! wandtv.com/news/trump-con…

Woooooot! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I’m honored to be a #PublicVoices Fellow of The OpEd Project and University of Illinois System. This is how we change who writes history. Join me—there are workshops open to the public too: theopedproject.org/seminars

Yesterday was debate day and beforehand I was excited to discuss with Brian Mackey, Dr. Mary McGrath (Northwestern) and Dr. John Jackson (SIU) on the The 21st Show from NPR (will). will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story…

UIS School of Politics and International Affairs hosted a very successful debate watch party with students, colleagues, and community members last night! All the pizza and my homemade patriotic mini cupcakes were consumed and all the BINGO prizes were claimed.

Directly after the debate last night in the Public Affairs Center at UIS, I offered my thoughts live with Channel 20. Thank you to the anchors and entire team for having me.

Read this now by the brilliant Stephanie Toliver:

🧠Smart & important Op Ed by @WatersonTL on improving conditions for pharmacist and patients

Another essential and quick read by our cohort member Asif -thanks Heidi Stevens for your amazing mentorship!

My OpEd about the relationship between anti-immigrant speech and policies and authoritarianism was published in VISIBLE Magazine. Thanks to The The OpEd Project community and Stephanie KyeongSeon Drenka Founding Editor of VISIBLE. visiblemagazine.com/trump-anti-imm…

Movin' to Blue Sky! Please join me there @ dr-isabelskinner where you can read my new OpEd in Ms. Magazine!