<p>As Professor <strong><em>, or Doctor _</em></strong>?</p>
<p>Depends on the culture of your campus.</p>
<p>I generally refer to professors w/ a doctorate as Dr. so-and-so and those w/o a doctorate (i.e., ABDs and so forth) as Professor so-and-so. Technically, the title professor refers to an academic rank (i.e., full professor); however, unless your school is super uptight about these things, calling someone a "Professor" when s/he's actually a lecturer or asst. professor probably isn't going to bother anyone. Sometimes, you may even have profs who've been ABD so long that everyone just sort of assumes they're a "Dr." and, once again, probably not a big deal. If the person is a post-doc, I'd probably make a note to refer to them as doctor and NOT professor.</p>
<p>Another way of going about it is to simply call the person what he or she introduced him or herself as -- i.e., Dr. Smith, Professor Jones, etc., regardless of credentials.</p>
<p>I've called professors Dr., Prof. or by their first name. It really depends on the culture of the campus as well as the preference of the professor.</p>
<p>I usually say Professor ______.</p>
<p>Use Dr. if you know that the person has a doctorate, if you're not sure Professor is fine. No one would be insulted by being called Professor. Drs sometimes get upset when non-phd holders are referred to as Dr.</p>
<p>Dr. so-and so. I don't think I've ever called someone 'Professor' before. One of my professors, most people in our program just call him "Doc". All the others are Dr. So-and-so. If they are a grad student or instructor, I call them Mr/Ms or Ma'am/Sir unless they say we can call them by first names (most grad students, in my experience, want you to call them by first name).</p>
<p>Dr. except if they insist that you call them by something else. One professor insisted we called him by his first name, which was really weird for me at first because I was raised to address adults by their title or Mr. or Mrs.</p>
<p>^^definitely don't call a female professor "mrs."</p>
<p>Most students and staff on our campus use "Dr" when addressing someone with a PhD. We tend to use "professor" only when speaking in generalities about a course or a department.</p>
<p>Some of our PhD profs are informal with their upper level classes and labs, they tell everyone it's ok to addesss them by their first name.</p>
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^^definitely don't call a female professor "mrs."
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Obviously, I meant other female adults. Or if I don't know their name, I use sir and ma'am but people (especially northeners) find that offensive for som reason.</p>
<p>i've had profs who have phds and i still call them by their first names. today actually was the first time i have ever had a professor who introduced herself as "professor so-and-so" without using her first name. i think it's probably because her first name is so intense and hard to pronounce. kids who have had her before seem to refer to her by her last name only, no title.</p>
<p>At my university, mostly address people as professor. I think going by what's on the syllabus for their name is a good way to go about. Usually only pompous professors here like to be called doctor.</p>
<p>whatever they introduce themselves as on the first day is probably what you should call them</p>
<p>why shouldn't female professors be called 'mrs.'? and does the same apply to male professors called 'mr.'?</p>
<p>i have an idea on what the answer is but i'm just curious to hear what you'll say.</p>
<p>btw, when i see professors, i do not refer to them by anything. i just make eye contact with them and say what i need to say. that's in class though. on occasion outside if i see a professor i'll tell them 'hey professor' just in passing.</p>
<p>I don't think I've ever used Dr. with anyone at a school. It's generally either Professor Whatever or by their first name if I'm familiar with them.</p>
<p>Also, don't call grad students by our last name. I makes us feel so old. :(</p>
<p>at my liberal arts college, the norm is to call all professors (phd or no) Professor _______________, all though several of my profs have indicated a preference that we use their first names. I sort of dislike calling PhDs "Dr." I also find it sort of pompous (I mean, at the university level, you sort of assume that all of the instructors know their stuff).</p>
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why shouldn't female professors be called 'mrs.'?
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<p>um, because you're assuming they're married.
also, a lot of women who ARE married still don't like to be called "mrs." and prefer "ms."</p>
<p>Ms. is the more politically correct term, nowadays for females in general. Mrs. is seen as sort of sexist (because there are different terms for married and unmarried women, but not for men).
Also, if someone has a doctorate, they are usually referred to as Dr. So-and-so on formal papers, presentations, etc. Therefore it would be incorrect (and somewhat rude) to refer to them as Mr./Ms. instead.</p>
<p>I use "Professor _____" --- basically every professor has a doctorate-level degree, but not all people with doctorates are professors. So I think "Professor" is the higher honor.</p>
<p>If someone is a lecturer, and I know they have a doctorate, I'll say "Dr. ____"</p>
<p>Just see what they put on the syllabus. A lot of people teaching you don't have doctorates, actually, for one reason or another - sometimes the instructor of specialized courses are just field experts with years of career experience.</p>
<p>I go with Dr. if they are a Dr.
Otherwise Professor if they are a professor or associate professor.</p>
<p>It's confusing when they have none of the above titles.</p>