<p>As a professor, I’m happy to be called Professor Stradmom or Dr. Stradmom but I don’t like being called Mrs. Stradmom, especially because my name is one of those hyphenated monstrosities and there is no such person as Mrs Stradmom-violin. </p>
<p>I have had students refer to me by my first name, which is a little startling, as it doesn’t comport with campus culture, but is not offensive. (Oddly, it’s the older returning students who tend to be more formal, even though they are actually of my generation and therefore would be calling my by my first name in a social situation.)</p>
<p>The happy compromise is that I usually sign my emails with my initials, and many students end up calling me by those, which is kind of sweet, in my opinion.</p>