the article said that. the article is incorrect. His actual title would be "lecturer." Unless he has a PhD in film studies, he can't actually be a professor.
I know it's quibbling, but that's just how it works.
Sure thing, PROFESSOR OF RBM.
No. Just having a PhD doesn't get you automatic professorship. Many years will pass going from Assistant, to Associate to Professor. Not only has my wife gone through all of that madness, but she's also on a tenure and promotion committee. Having a PhD means a lot less today than say 50 years ago. Part of this is because whenever you have a job opening these days requiring a PhD you will ultimate get thousands of qualified applicants for the one job.
That's one reason I walked out on my PhD after three years. It was taking up to seven years from masters to PhD, then three to five year post-doc, then assistant => associate =>tenure if you could get a job. People were in their late thirties before landing assistant prof jobs. "Screw it", said I. Academia had become a scam.
Yep. Academics are stupidly complicated. I've had assistant/associate professorships at medical schools and it gets insane. Assistant, associate, full professors. Prefixed vs suffixed. Research vs educational vs clinical tracks. It's nuts. I think a lot of it is nonsense quite frankly.
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