Thank you Dr. Biden

As a young professor, I would walk into the classroom, settle in, greet students as they walked into class and begin by saying, “Hi. My name is JoAnne,” and then continue to introduce the course.

In the years after receiving my Ed.D. degree, I was hesitant to use the title, Dr. I would make self- effacing jokes about how it was only useful for getting airline tickets or dinner reservations. I subscribed to the reigning…