Timeline for After initial contact, how long should I address a professor as "Dr. Smith" or "Professor Smith"?
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| Dec 7, 2016 at 4:42 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | I find different modes of address for women than men awkward. I first encountered it in the 1960's, as an Imperial College mathematics undergraduate. In any posted list of student names, I was "Miss P. Shanahan" where my male peers were not given any title. | |
| Jan 2, 2015 at 13:56 | comment | added | user-2147482637 | as an example to your second paragraph, in both art and architecture, it is usual for the most common terminal degree to be an MFA or MArch, in which many are Professor, but few are Doctor. | |
| Apr 27, 2014 at 15:44 | vote | accept | Andrew Hundt | ||
| Feb 15, 2014 at 6:26 | comment | added | Superbest | "it is probably best just to ask students" - Unfortunately, I have only gotten answers to the effect of "it happens naturally when you feel it's right". Not very helpful. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 1:59 | history | answered | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |