Listen to this interview of Carolyn Seaman, Professor of Information Systems, and also, Director of the Center for Women in Technology, at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. We talk about how peer review is conducted at the venues of software engineering. Carolyn Seaman : "English language skills is one thing — but really, the English is just the final layer on your research, because you also need the ability to organize your thoughts, the ability to collaborate with a group of people on a research team — these are all also communication skills that people, of course, have a differing levels — but this communication, and especially in the written form, is just so important and really a key factor for success.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices