> "Associate Prof. X" is not a title I should clarify that: by "title" here I mean "a thing people are called", as in "hey, Associate Prof. X, what's up?". As

> "Associate Prof. X" is not a title I should clarify that: by "title" here I mean "a thing people are called", as in "hey, Associate Prof. X, what's up?". As opposed to an "official" job title.