Faculty titles are lowercase unless the title precedes a name.
Henry Jones, a professor of history
Professor of History Henry Jones
Assistant Professor of Neurology Jane Jones
Professor Jones
On subsequent references, faculty members are typically referred to by their surnames without an honorific title. (Phrases such as 鈥淒r. Jones鈥� or 鈥淧rofessor Smith鈥� should be limited to material directly quoted from a speaker or as a form of polite address in specific presentations.)
Do not use the abbreviation 鈥減rof.鈥� when referring to faculty
There are several ranks of faculty (assistant, associate, professor). It鈥檚 important to note that they are not to be used interchangeably. All parts of the title should be capitalized when the full title is used before a faculty member鈥檚 name.
for academic title information.
Names of endowed chairs are always capitalized, whether accompanied by a personal name or not and whether they appear before or after the holder鈥檚 name.
Follow the聽Chicago Manual鈥檚 guidelines for descriptive titles, such as 鈥渉istorian,鈥� 鈥渆conomist,鈥� 鈥減hilosopher,鈥� 鈥渂iologist,鈥� etc., that often are used in academia (8.31) and for titles in apposition (8.22).