![]() ![]() This occurs one year after the individual retires. At Gordon the trustees confer these titles on faculty members who retire after 10 or more years of service at Gordon College. Russell Bishop, professor emeritus of history and Stephen Phillips Chair of HistoryĮmeritus is the masculine form, emerita is the feminine form, and emeriti is the plural form of an official honorific. Niles Logue, retired professor of economics and business Sequence the words as shown below do not capitalize or italicize. Refer to retired faculty in one of two ways. If the individual is widely known by a shortened name or nickname, include it in parentheses. If the individual routinely uses his or her middle name, include it. In a formal first reference to a faculty or staff member, use the person's formal first name and last name followed by degree (if applicable) and lowercased job title. When speaking, many of us routinely use "Dr." and "Professor" as titles, and these guidelines are not intended to criticize this. They don't apply to the many forms of less formal writing that occur in the course of College life-departmental newsletters, on-campus posters, et al. They apply to the College's more formal written communications. ![]() ![]() Our goal is to be courteous and appropriate, and these guidelines are flexible. We also occasionally use "Professor" (never "Prof.") as a courtesy title before the name of an established faculty member who does not have a Ph.D. before a person's name-particularly when referring to speakers visiting the campus. (The GO site is a handy reference for current faculty job titles, but occasionally a posted title is out of date.)įormal College communications occasionally use Dr. To authoritatively confirm a faculty member's official title and degree(s), contact that faculty member directly, or Cathy Thiele, assistant to the provost and academic dean. Jane Smith, biology faculty Jane Smith (biology) ![]()
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