How do you address your college professor?

Question

Assuming she has a PhD, do you call her Professor Johnson, or Dr. Johnson. Or does it even matter?

Answer 1

It is always safe to call ANY professor "Professor Lastname."

Personally, "Dr. X" makes me a bit uncomfortable, because I am not a medical doctor. However, I DID make all my students call me "Dr. Firstname" for a couple of months right after I earned my PhD. It amused me. (And it amused my students as well.)

Some fields don't require professors to hold the PhD (like Fine Arts, in which the MFA suffices), and some professors are lecturers or adjuncts, or instructors, and some of those folks don't yet hold the PhD.

But all of us are professors, regardless of rank (assistant, associate, full, etc.). So "Professor X" will do just fine, thank you. :)

Answer 2

Professor

Answer 3

I THINK you would call her Professor Johnson IF she is a full professor. Otherwise you would call her Dr. Johnson. I had a history professor who wrote on the blackboard:

Mr.
Dr.
Professor

He pointed to them each in turn and said "I was born with that title. I worked like hell to get that title. And I've been here so long they had no choice but to give me THAT title, and that's the one you should use."

I hope he was right!

Answer 4

I will address as Professor or Professor Johnson.

Answer 5

College professors train three to four categories in line with time period. If you get employed complete-time, you probably train inside a unmarried division. That's simply the way in which professor positions are funded. If you're employed facet-time, you'll train throughout departments. Part-time professors receives a commission so much lower than tenured and tenure-monitor professors.

Answer 6

I address professors as they request. I would call her Dr. Johnson until asked by her to do otherwise.

Answer 7

Sir ,because you are student .

Answer 8

Sir, or Ma'am.