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- From: "(Julie Marie Williams)" <jmw1@ST-ANDREWS.AC.UK>
- Subject: Re: Preferential treatment
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- On November 5th, Kathy writes:
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- >I have been advised by women mentors to use my initials only on
- >publications submitted for review or on my vita, for similar reasons.
-
- Just an observation, here: I have, for many years, signed myself as J.
- Williams, a tradition I carried over into my postgrad. career. Hence I
- sign this name to any abstracts etc as well as to correspondence. The
- replies I get are quite amazing - mostly I am referred to as "Dr" or "Mr"
- if any title is added at all!
- I'm not really sure HOW I expect people to reply, though, really. I
- myself find it quite a dilemma when writing to someone who I only know by
- initials. Writing "Dear F. Bloggs" hardly sounds friendly, now does it?
- Does anyone have any suggestions?
-
- Julian
- St Andrews
-