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Wednesday, April 17, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
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Husband-and-wife hiring gains prominence at KU
Work stress is less with spouse present
By Sarah Davis Kansan staff writer
Every morning, as most spouses go their separate ways to put in a full day's work, some head in the same direction.
Howard and Beverly Sypher are a husband and wife who work together as associate professors in communication studies at KU.
Husband-and-wife teaching teams are becoming more common at the university.
"I think you're going to see it more and more," she said. "I don't think it's going to go away."
Sypher has worked in the same department with her husband, Howard, also an associate professor of education studies, for two-and-a-half years.
"We've been very fortunate because timing has been on our side, and we both pursued academic careers at the same time," she said. "It's a bonus to find someone you want to spend your life with who is interested in the same academic pursuits."
Both agreed that there were several benefits to working with one's spouse, such as a built-in understand-support of the other person's problems.
"I think it's great because you never have this problem of never knowing what the other person does." Howard Sypher said.
Deborah Gerner and Philip Schrodt, a married couple teaching in the department of political science, agreed.
"There's a lot that can be difficult and stressful about being a professor, and it helps when your spouse is someone who can understand how you're feeling," said Gerner, who first met and worked with her husband at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Schrodt agreed but said that it was harder to get away from office problems because both partners worked in the same area.
A common problem that many couples expressed was that colleagues often expect a spouse to be the partner and is what he or she is doing.
His wife said it was important that each partner be looked at as an individual.
"People forget that we're different people," Schrodt said.
"Each person has his or her own separate professional identity." Gerner said. "You just have to keep stressing to people that your personal link is outside the office. It can be a little inbred — you have to work harder to have a life out of the office."
Jan Sheldon, associate professor of law and human development and
family life, commutes to work each day with her husband, James Sherman, whom she met at KU.
"I really enjoy it," she said, mentioning that she and her husband usually ate lunch together. "It gives us time to not only see each other, but to talk about issues, and that's really important to us."
Her husband, a professor of human development and family life, said that although working with his wife was no different than working with his daughter, he enjoyed being able to see her during the day to talk about ideas.
Howard Sypher said he could not have asked for a better arrangement than to work with his spouse.
"I used to think it wouldn't work," he said. "But in the last four or five years, we've come to realize that in many cases we could do the best things we could be done."
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