<p>I call them Professor or Dr. if they have a Ph.D. Otherwise, Mister or Miss.</p>
<p>Oh, at Reed, all professors are called by their first names, but that’s definitely not the norm. =]</p>
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You beat me to it! It’s pretty unusual to address a professor by “Professor” or “Dr.” at Reed. I mean, our president is okay being called “C-Divvy.”</p>
<p>We use first names, usually.
There’s one bigwig who nobody calls by his first name. It would be weird somehow.</p>
<p>lol, Reed sounds pretty cool.</p>
<p>I usually go with Professor if I can’t remember/don’t know if they have a PhD and Doctor if they do. I’ve only had two professors who prefer being called by their first name. Both were pretty eccentric too haha.</p>
<p>I hyphenate my last name and had a student last year who just called me the last part of the aname (my husband’s last name). That was very unnerving since no one calls me that.</p>
<p>Usually, your profs will tell you what they want to be called. DD has one who has a very difficult-to-pronounce last name, so she told her students to not even try.</p>
<p>Although it does vary (some like first name, most like Professor, some really want that Dr used - and they’ll probably tell you which they prefer), whatever you do, don’t refer to them as Mr or (especially) Mrs/Miss so-and-so. That really seems to push a button for a lot of professors. When in doubt, go with “Professor” if you don’t want the conversation to start off on the wrong foot (even if you have to channel Hermione just a little).</p>
<p>At the University of Chicago, only M.D.'s are referred to as “Dr”, all others as “Mr.” (or Ms.)</p>
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<p>At the school I go to just about everyone goes by their first name. It is a little weird specially considering when you look at their bios and see what they have accomplished but they are really laid back.</p>
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<p>If they don’t have a PhD they are not a professor. If they have a PhD you should address them as Professor, or Professor ____<strong><em>. If they don’t have a PhD you should address them as Mr./Ms. </em></strong> like you would a teacher in high school. If you don’t remember their name go with Sir/Ma’am I guess.</p>
<p>I prefer to say Dr. __________, unless they specifically request to be addressed by their first name.</p>
<p>Blueash: “At the University of Chicago, only M.D.'s are referred to as “Dr”, all others as “Mr.” (or Ms.)”</p>
<p>I’m confused. MD’s are not the only people who use the “Dr.” title - not just PhD’s, but DO’s, DDS’s, DMD’s, etc. also do.</p>
<p>Many PhD’s would probably be offended if they were referred to as “Mr.” or “Ms.” unless they specifically requested others to do so; wouldn’t that be taken as downplaying their hard-earned degree?</p>
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In my experience, that’s much more common among high school teachers with PhDs who like to say “I could have been a college professor I have a PhD I’m intelligent memememe.” However, I advise addressing your professors as ‘Professor xyz’ unless instructed otherwise.</p>
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<p>Soarer: When I went to Chicago ( for grad school), we were told (by professors) that at U of C, only medical doctors and dentists should be referred to as “Dr.”</p>
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<p>OK, that’s really strange! Where I go, and I assume at most colleges/universities, PhD’s are referred to as “Dr.” by default, unless they say otherwise.</p>
<p>Any idea why the University of Chicago would do this?</p>
<p>Chicago does this because of its philosophy that students and professors should be on the same ground to optimize education. It fits in well with the whole Socratic method they have going. </p>
<p>At my time as an undergrad at Chicago, we basically did the whole ‘Mr. instead of Dr.’ thing through the Core and then switched to saying ‘Prof’. However, I’ve never called anyone ‘Dr.’ nor have I heard anyone reference any professor with it at Chicago. It feels kind of weird even thinking about it.</p>
<p>^Exactly, I’m glad you beat me to it. Reed takes it one step further and eliminates the formalities altogether, but Reed and UChicago tend to be compared to each other quite a lot.</p>
<p>it depends. in person some will say call me Professor/Dr (their last name/first name). I have had professors who didn’t care if you used their first.</p>
<p>In writing/emailing them, usually I use Professor/Dr (their name)</p>
<p>It can all depend on the prof. But until they say you can be mroe casual, Id use a more respective form of greeting.</p>