Call Me Doctor

~ Laura

Eszter notes that she often gets e-mail addressed to “Mrs. Hargittai,” rather than “Dr. Hargittai.” Though she is perfectly content to be addressed as Eszter in most situations, she wonders how male faculty are addressed by strangers in a professional context.

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6 thoughts on “Call Me Doctor”

  1. Just to clarify: I’m perfectly happy with people calling me “Eszter” in most situations. The issue is more about professional context, and especially as compared to how male colleagues are addressed in the exact same situations. For those curious, I described two examples in the post.

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  2. heh. Damn, you’re fast, Eszter. 🙂 I didn’t even get a chance to proof. OK, let me get that link in there and I’ll make sure to clarify the post.

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  4. Thanks for adding the link and clarifying. I think one of my favorite comments was over on E-BLOG:
    I couldn’t get through all the comments–it seems there’s a lot of unwillingness to just say “wow, eszter, i’m sorry to hear that people are such sexist jerks to you. [..]”

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  5. First note: I’m not a real Doctor, I just play one on the Internet.
    Secondly: I’m a part time undergrad at a midsize Canadian university and I always refer to my instructors as Doctor or Professor. I never refer to them as Ms. or Mr., or still less by their first name. I feel its a reasonable level of respect to give to someone who has put in the time and effort to do a doctorate. …

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