"I was one of the first women to break into the male dominated field of engineering, and I was very serious about having a career with a supportive family".
I particularly admire women who have climbed to the tops of ladders in historically male dominated fields while balancing the demands of family and work.
As a result, many studies show, women feel isolated or even harassed, ridiculed, or humiliated in male-dominated fields of study (Hollenshead et al., 1996).
Her transformation into a leader in the still heavily male-dominated fields of computer science and engineering earned her a spot on our 2013 holiday gift guide for girls.
Silicon Valley has dominated the fields of technology and tech investment for the past two decades, operating virtually unchallenged during the zenith of its power.
A peaceful place dominated by fields of crops and farmsteads, today Grand Pré is home to small wineries and bustling restaurants.
Hence, this review presents only a part of the discourse of assuring quality of qualitative research, but it does reflect the part that has dominated the fields of health and medical research.
While students from Asian nations continue to dominate the fields of maths and science, the US made distinct gains in maths and maintained a respectable performance in science.
"Despite women dominating the fields of human resources, law and marketing, this is not reflected at executive director level, where the positions are still going to men, who are being promoted internally over experienced female candidates".
The "positivistic" uncertainty analysis models (like those that dominate the fields of climate change modelling and nuclear or chemical risk assessment) have little social relevance, as they do not influence negotiations between stakeholders.
We discuss the tried, tested, and often-failed approaches to investigating gene-lifestyle interactions in type 2 diabetes; we discuss some recent developments in gene-treatment interactions (pharmacogenetics); and we look forward to the strategies that are likely to dominate these fields of research in the future.
