University of Alberta assistant professors and couple Juli Gibbs-Davis and John P. Davis were profiled in US publication The Chronicle of Higher Education. The article explains their experience in the academy as a married couple. Below is a short excerpt.
Another award-winning couple in academe have also had to adjust to each other's work styles. Juli Gibbs-Davis, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Alberta, says she works best under pressure, with "a magic hour" for productivity around 11 p.m. "That makes me crazy," says John P. Davis, her husband. "I have to submit things a week early."
This year Ms. Gibbs-Davis, who is 35, and Mr. Davis, an assistant professor of physics at Alberta, who is 34, each received a $50,000 fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The foundation hands out 126 of the awards a year to up-and-coming scientists, mathematicians, and economists in North America.
Read the whole article on The Chronicle of Higher Education's website.