Abstract
Stress is prevalent among graduate school students. Many universities and departments place a heavy burden upon their graduate students to complete large amounts of coursework, teach labs, grade student work, present at conferences, perform research for faculty, and many other responsibilities. Married graduate students face the competing demands of being both a graduate student and a spouse. This paper is a brief reflection on what it is like to be both a married graduate student and the spouse of a graduate student, a perspective rarely examined. Through these two perspectives, some coping strategies are identified. While competing demands are certainly an issue, we argue here that they do not necessarily have to be competing demands. The two roles can actually be very complementary.
Recommended Citation
Labosier, Chris and Labosier, Anna
(2011)
"Who Are You Married To? Balancing Graduate School and Marriage,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 52:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol52/iss2/7