Etiquette Matters
Re: Your Recent Email to Your Professor
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-emails-essay
Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics at
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, notes:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/21/my-completely-uncontroversial-take-what-call-your-professor/
So, my clarified advice to novices in the university: When first contacting your professors, begin by calling them “professor.” It’s the risk-averse play. In many settings the honorific will be set aside — but not always. And no matter what anyone tries to sell you, never forget that the academy is a hierarchy.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-emails-essay
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/21/my-completely-uncontroversial-take-what-call-your-professor/
So, my clarified advice to novices in the university: When first contacting your professors, begin by calling them “professor.” It’s the risk-averse play. In many settings the honorific will be set aside — but not always. And no matter what anyone tries to sell you, never forget that the academy is a hierarchy.