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Using Personal
Titles
#6:
Academic
Titles
There are
also special titles used in academia--in
colleges
and universities.
The two most common academic titles
are,
probably,
Professor and Dr. Both of these
titles
are
used for those who have an academic
doctorate--a
PhD,
EdD, and so
on.
In the U.S.,
Professor
may be used either with or
without
a name. When
Professor is
used with a name, only the
surname (family name) is used in speaking. In
written
addresses,
Professor is
followed by a complete
name.
In the greetings of letters,
it is followed by the surname.
Examples
| Spoken |
|
Written |
Hello,
Professor.
Good
morning,
Professor MacGowan.
Excuse me, Professor,
but I have a question.
Could you please
repeat that last point,
Professor
Hayashi? |
|
Professor Miriam Smith
Professor Manuel Torres
Professor Jun Okumura
Dear Professor Gold:
Dear Professor
Al-Salehi: |
The academic title Dr.
is used somwhat like
Professor,
but not in exactly the
same way. For those with
academic
doctorates, Dr.
isn't
usually used, for example, without
a name. In written addresses,
Dr. may be
before the
complete name, or the abbreviated
form of the
academic
degree (PhD, EdD, etc.) may be
after
the complete name.
In written and spoken greetings, Dr.
is used
with a surname.
Examples
| Spoken |
|
Written |
Hello, Dr.
Muñoz.
May I
speak with
Dr. Brown, please?
May I ask you
a question, Dr. Schmidt?
I'm afraid I don't
understand you, Dr. Chin. |
|
Dr. Juan Muñoz
Dr. Alicia Brown
Hans Schmidt, PhD
Martin Chin, EdD
Dear Dr. Muñoz:
Dear Dr.
Brown: |
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Special Note:
Other commonly used academic titles
include
Dean,
Chancellor,
Provost, and President. In
speaking
and
in the greetings of letters, these titles
are followed by
a
surname:
Hello, Dean
Carter.
Good
afternoon,
Chancellor Ewing.
I have an appointment
with Provost Brown.
It's an honor to meet
you, President Linder |
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/TD>
| Dear Dean Carter:
Dear Chancellor Ewing:
Dear Provost Brown:
Dear President
Linder: |
In written addresses, these titles
are
followed by complete
names. The
titles may also come after surnames. In this
case,
the name of the university
School or College
(fields
of study within a university)
or of the
institution follow
in the next
line:
Dean Hilda
Carter
Provost
Michael
Brown
Chancellor
Kent
Ewing
President
James
Linder
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Hilda
Carter, Dean
College of Liberal Arts
Michael Brown, Provost
Hanover University
Kent Ewing, Chancellor
Atwood State College
James Linder, President
Atwood State
College |
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