Hornet's Nest The Experiences of One of the U.S. Navy's First Female Fighter Pilots

Mary "Missy" Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004.A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots.Cummings is currently a Professor in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, and is the