African Studies department at Harvard ... Note title use

[susanne.miskimmin at utoronto.ca]

This has become an issue here in Toronto where at least one major newspaper has
made the editorial decision to refer to all academics as Prof. whether or not
they have a doctorate.

Just the other day I say my first use of "Pr."

Best,

Susanne Miskimmin
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto



Quoting "P. Kerim Friedman" <kerim.list at oxus.net>:

> I thought Peter's e-mail important enough to raise the issue myself
> with the NY Times. In their e-mail reply they addressed the issue with
> Dr. Morgan, but did not clarify the Prof/Dr. issue - which they seem to
> use interchangeably. Here is there reply:
>
>