East Carolina University
Department of Psychology


How to Address a Professor

    In college one should address a professor as "Dr." or "Professor" rather than as "Mr.," "Ms.," Mrs.," or "Mrs." Some of us actually take offense at being addressed otherwise. I am perfectly comfortable with having my students address me by my first name -- Karl -- but do not like being called "Mr."  Some professors do take offense if addressed by their first names -- for example, see Craig Hill's Rules of Academic Etiquette

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This page most recently revised on 9. September 2006.