In her January 2004 interview with Joyce Coleman, Nancy Wiegand reviews her graduate schooling and research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the late 1960s to the early 200s. Wiegand relates how her interest in computer science and ecology developed and key personalities who nurtured her scientific research. She also describes the long process of achieving a PhD, her interdisciplinary research, and the changing climate for women on the campus of UW-Madison. This interview was conducted for inclusion in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Oral History Project.