I once had a student who insisted on calling me “Mrs.”...

[debgeisler]

...and I made it very clear that if he kept doing it, I would leave the room and skip our appointments because it was clear that he was not talking to me.

My name is Deb. If that’s too hard, they can call me “Dr. Geisler” or “Professor Geisler.” And “Dr. Deb” sounds idiotic. I had a boss who insisted on being called “Dr. Bob,” and I found that fatuous and annoying.

Comments

[kevin_standlee]

Unless I'm presiding over the WSFS Business Meeting and you rise to speak (in which case you are "Dr. Geisler"), you're "Deb" to me, and I'm glad to be your friend. (And a fellow member of a relatively difficult-and-expensive-to-join club.)

[debgeisler]

There are bunches of us who mostly don’t care if you use the “Dr.” We just get pissy when someone says we don’t have a right to use it.

You are very careful in the meetings, but I never object to being “Deb.” :-)

[vettecat]

Very good point.