Mike thanks for posting this piece. I'm with Stuart on this one. Moreover, I insist on proper English for students' email communications with me. Such formal writing is particularly critical in discussion segments in my online classes and, frankly, it is an uphill battle with some students. BTW, my syllabus links to this short article on email etiquette: http://gradpsych.apags.org/gradpsych/features/2007/email-etiquette.aspx
Miguel On May 14, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Stuart McKelvie <smcke...@ubishops.ca> wrote: > Dear Tipsters, > > I favour formality in correspondence with students, for two reasons: > > 1. This is a professional relationship and students should practice > professional writing. It will serve as a good model for future communication > when they are employed. > > 2. Keeping a space between professor and student (e.g. not using the > professor's first name) makes things easier when the professor has to > criticize or perhaps fail student work. > > Sincerely, > > Stuart > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > "Floreat Labore" > > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > Bishop's University, > 2600 rue College, > Sherbrooke, > Québec J1M 1Z7, > Canada. > > E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca) > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > Floreat Labore" > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] > Sent: May 14, 2017 10:06 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Dear "Herr Professor Doktor" > > Hi > > First it should be pointed out that Mike's e-mail did not have a proper > salutation, such as "Dear Reader." > > More seriously, I worry if labels are necessary to demonstrate our greater > expertise in the classroom. Shouldn't there be more substantive indicators? > > Might the informality also be encouraged by colleagues who value opinion over > knowledge and perhaps invite informal relations with their students? > > Take care > Jim > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 14, 2017, at 8:22 AM, "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Tipsters may find interesting a NY Times opinion piece on the role of >> etiquette in today's colleges and university by Molly Worthen who is >> identified as: >> >> Molly Worthen is the author of "Apostles of Reason: >> The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism," >> an assistant professor of history at the University of North >> Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a contributing opinion writer. >> >> Her article can be accessed here: >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/sunday/u-cant-talk-to-ur-p >> r >> ofessor-like-this.html >> >> So, how do you deal with students who think "Okay, you got a Ph.D., >> so what? Think you're better than me?" >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> m...@nyu.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3229968.90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f >> 9 >> 1291&n=T&l=tips&o=50827 or send a blank email to >> leave-50827-3229968.90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91291@fsulist.frostbur >> g >> .edu >> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: smcke...@ubishops.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72 > e3&n=T&l=tips&o=50828 or send a blank email to > leave-50828-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3@fsulist.frostburg.e > du > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b > d92&n=T&l=tips&o=50829 or send a blank email to > leave-50829-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92@fsulist.frostburg. > edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: smcke...@ubishops.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=50833 or send a blank email to leave-50833-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ro...@stjohns.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12d&n=T&l=tips&o=50836 or send a blank email to leave-50836-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=50839 or send a blank email to leave-50839-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
