Back in the dark ages, when my wife was in the first class to include female first-year students at the University of Virginia undergraduates were also referred to as Mr., Miss, or Mrs. (at least by traditionalist). Many of the new females on campus asked to be referred to as Ms with some luck.
The medical school was not quite so egalitarian. Dennis Dennis M. Goff Chair, Department of Psychology Professor of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:39 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The Associated Press and the Ph.D psychologist I don't know if it is still the case, but at both the University of Virginia and William and Mary, professors were all called Mr. or Miss or Mrs. I'm not sure if it were a tip of the hat to Mr. Jefferson, since UVA was referred to as Mr. Jefferson's University, or not. Steven Black wrote: > We should also consider this issue from a > Eurocentric, specifically a > Britcentric perspective. Some (male) medical doctors > in the UK are > correctly addressed as Mr. rather than Dr. These are > doctors who have > qualified for a surgical speciality, including > certain fields not usually > considered surgical, such as urology. So they may > start out addressed > as Dr. but as they gain further qualification, > ascend to merit the title of > Mr. > > This quaint and undoubtedly confusing practice > appears to have had > its origin in the fact that early doctors were > university-educated > while surgeons had no formal qualifications (Loudon, > 2000). > > (First noticed this while watching that great Brit > hospital drama, _Casualty_, > which began long before US TV's _ER_, and probably > inspired it). > > Loudon, I. Why are (male) surgeons still addressed > as Mr? . > BMJ 2000;321:1589-1591 ( 23 December ) > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Bob Wildblood, PhD, HSPP Lecturer in Psychology Indiana University Kokomo Kokomo, IN 46904-9003 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
