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In most universities, student-professor relationships are governed by standard rules of etiquette. Most faculty prefer to be addressed by their surnames and may be offended by overly familiar address. You should not address professors by their first names unless they specifically ask you to do so. The title "Professor" followed by the surname is always appropriate. Some faculty who have earned doctorates prefer to be addressed as "Doctor," followed by the surname.

In our department, titles are as follows:

Doctors: Professors:
Phyllis Miller, Ph.D. Dale Carpenter, M.A.
Louise Montgomery, Ph.D. Larry Foley, M.A.
Katherine Shurlds, J.D. Eric Gorder, M.Ed.
Patsy Watkins, Ph.D. Gerald Jordan, MSJ
Jan Wicks, Ph.D. Kim Martin, M.A.
  Hoyt Purvis, M.J.
  Rick Stockdell, M.A.

Faculty members are encouraged to leave their doors open while advising students of the opposite sex. Charges of sexual harassment will be referred immediately to university officials.

Sexual harassment of students includes:

  • unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct which takes place;
  • when submission to the conduct is either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s academic status or advancement;
  • when submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for academic decisions affecting that individual;
  • and/or when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive learning environment. (See the Undergraduate Student Catalog for grievance procedures.)


Kimpel 116, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville AR 72701
479-575-3601
Department Chair: Patsy Watkins
Alumni contact: Carol Rachal
Webmaster: Kim Martin
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