Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?

[Anonymous]

I watched my mom earn her EdD and write her thesis as I was growing up. She did original research in kids in Head Start type programs. She earned her title of Dr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched my mom earn her EdD and write her thesis as I was growing up. She did original research in kids in Head Start type programs. She earned her title of Dr.

Me too! I watched her work so hard for like 3 years while already teaching full time. This thread is so mean spirited.

[Anonymous]

I’m always so excited for a colleague when they earn a doctorate and gladly refer to them as “Doctor.” I don’t get the vitriol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m always so excited for a colleague when they earn a doctorate and gladly refer to them as “Doctor.” I don’t get the vitriol.

This. And I am ABD in history, not education. A doctorate is a lot of work no matter what field. My stepson’s law degree is a juris doctorate.

[Anonymous]

As someone with a PhD in a clinical field where I see patients in a medical setting, it would be extremely unprofessional not to use Dr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they are some of the most insecure people out there who desperately wanted to be in academia and be Dr. but couldn’t get into a good PhD program, let alone ever come close to a real academic job. So they go into admin or some BS garbage “research” so they can flash the Dr. title.

+1

[Anonymous]

In my workplace, the EdDs have it in their signature lines and the PhDs would never.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m always so excited for a colleague when they earn a doctorate and gladly refer to them as “Doctor.” I don’t get the vitriol.

This. And I am ABD in history, not education. A doctorate is a lot of work no matter what field. My stepson’s law degree is a juris doctorate.

No. It’s a juris doctor, but it’s not a doctorate in law; it is a first professional degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched my mom earn her EdD and write her thesis as I was growing up. She did original research in kids in Head Start type programs. She earned her title of Dr.

Me too! I watched her work so hard for like 3 years while already teaching full time. This thread is so mean spirited.

That’s so lovely and sweet as you as a child! Good for you to love your mom! (But you don’t have the qualifications to differentiate doctoral degrees.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my workplace, the EdDs have it in their signature lines and the PhDs would never.

I have a Ph.D., and we always include title, doctoral degree, etc. in signature line per the guidelines from our company.

[Anonymous]

Do NOT call yourself a doctor unless you are a medical doctor. Seriously, if you do, everyone is laughing at you. We all know when someone refers to a “doctor” they mean a freaking physician or surgeon or specialist - someone in medicine - and NOT someone who got a PhD in education or math or the like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched my mom earn her EdD and write her thesis as I was growing up. She did original research in kids in Head Start type programs. She earned her title of Dr.

Me too! I watched her work so hard for like 3 years while already teaching full time. This thread is so mean spirited.

That’s so lovely and sweet as you as a child! Good for you to love your mom! (But you don’t have the qualifications to differentiate doctoral degrees.)

I hold a JD and my mom holds an Ed.D. and we’re light years ahead of people who waste their time hating on others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An Ed.D. is NOT a Ph.D.

It's like calling a massage therapist a doctor.

Why? I'm not familiar with the diff

Ph.D here. Apparently there's an original research component here that's not present in the Ed.D. track although I think in some places you can find Phds in Education. That being said, I think they are doctoral degrees and have no problem calling them as such.

To me, if it doesn’t have the research it sounds like a masters. Many PhD programs even give a masters to anyone who leaves after the coursework but doesn’t do the research

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do NOT call yourself a doctor unless you are a medical doctor. Seriously, if you do, everyone is laughing at you. We all know when someone refers to a “doctor” they mean a freaking physician or surgeon or specialist - someone in medicine - and NOT someone who got a PhD in education or math or the like.

I think in the near future doctor will not be equated with Medical doctor. Too many people in a clinical setting can claim they are doctors (for example a nurse with a doctorate). Medical doctors will be physicians or go by their specialities- pediatricians, cardiologists, Surgeon, neurologists...

[Anonymous]

I have started called my medical doctors by their first name.

Like everyone else.