The project compares white and Latina women's rates of contentment and satisfaction in the field of engineering, using a modified version of social cognitive career theory. The researchers aim to document retention of women in engineering by tracking how social, cognitive, environmental, and cultural factors impact persistence of white and Latina women in the field of engineering over time. References External links Faculty homepage American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists United States National Science Foundation officials University of North Dakota faculty University of Missouri alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education alumni University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Mound, Minnesota American women academics 21st-century American women