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In my country (India), there are several implicit norms that need to be followed by almost every one.

Among all, an important norm is that juniors does not address their seniors by name. It happens in both students' circles and faculty circles -- thus, even junior professors would not address senior professors by name.

Recently (in the US), a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. It is the first time ever I saw an incident like this personally. I personally considered it as an offense to the male associate professor.

So, I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

Note: The question is broader than only addressing a professor.

In my country (India), there are several implicit norms that almost everyone is expected to follow.

One of the important norms is that juniors do not address a senior by their name. It happens students' circles as well as in faculty circles - thus, even junior professors would not address senior professors by name.

Recently (in the US), a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. This was the first ever time that I saw an incident like this. I even thought it was offensive to the male associate professor.

I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

Note: The question is broader than only addressing a professor.

In my country, there are several implicit norms that need to be followed by almost every one.

Among all, an important norm is that juniors does not address their seniors by name. It happens in both students' circles and faculty circles.

Recently, a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. It is the first time ever I saw an incident like this personally. I personally considered it as an offense to the male associate professor.

So, I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

Note: The question is broader than only addressing a professor.

In my country (India), there are several implicit norms that need to be followed by almost every one.

Among all, an important norm is that juniors does not address their seniors by name. It happens in both students' circles and faculty circles -- thus, even junior professors would not address senior professors by name.

Recently (in the US), a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. It is the first time ever I saw an incident like this personally. I personally considered it as an offense to the male associate professor.

So, I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

Note: The question is broader than only addressing a professor.

In my country, there are several implicit norms that need to be followed by almost every one.

Among all, an important norm is that juniors does not address their seniors by name. It happens in both students' circles and faculty circles.

Recently, a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. It is the first time ever I saw an incident like this personally. I personally considered it as an offense to the male associate professor.

So, I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

In my country, there are several implicit norms that need to be followed by almost every one.

Among all, an important norm is that juniors does not address their seniors by name. It happens in both students' circles and faculty circles.

Recently, a female assistant professor addressed a male associate professor by his name. It is the first time ever I saw an incident like this personally. I personally considered it as an offense to the male associate professor.

So, I am wondering whether it is a norm in the US to address seniors as "sir" or any other respectable salutation instead of addressing by name.

Note: The question is broader than only addressing a professor.