Hello communicators!

Are you using the right titles for faculty members? Do they hold an endowed or “named” chair? Please use that title for first reference.

• Check out the named faculty positions Smartsheet. (Click “Sign in with Microsoft” and use your Duck ID and password, if necessary; you must have an @uoregon.edu email). Use named titles for first reference to these faculty members.
  • If Jane Doe’s academic title is associate professor but Jane holds a named position such as James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, use the named title first. It may precede or follow the faculty member’s name: Jane Doe, James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, was nominated . . . or: Evergreen Professor David Davison presented research . . .
• On subsequent references, longer named titles can be shortened while retaining capitalization: Doe, Rippey Chair, attended . . .
• It’s also appropriate to use the academic title on subsequent references, lowercase when following the name: Johnson, an associate professor, spoke recently . . .

Thanks to the Office of the Provost and Stewardship for maintaining this up-to-date resource. 

Send your questions to editor Matt Cooper, University Communications.