Her decision was to stay with Thiele and change her career plans. Sippola-Thiele earned a master's degree at the University of Michigan School of Business Administration and she and her husband remained a two-scientist couple—but with a twist. Sippola-Thiele is now an assistant director of technology transfer for the U of M Medical School in Ann Arbor. Many two-scientist families have to make the choice of who will pursue research, and who might seek an alternate profession. Some couples struggle to secure level positions in the same academic region. Couples with children have to juggle their offspring's' needs with their own highly demanding careers. Often, one partner has to make sacrifices.
Sonnert notes that women scientists are more likely to marry other scientists than are their male peers, and when they do, they often marry a slightly older man, so each partner has a different stake in change or stability. ...
