How should I list my doctorate

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  1. JimmySDG

    JimmySDG New Member

    Dear all, not sure if this is the correct place to ask but here goes.

    If all things goes well, I'd complete all requirements for my Doctor of Industrial Technology by Oct this year. Lets proceed with the rest of this post with the assumption that I will graduate.

    Here is my dilemma, I'd want to cite this credential (the doctorate) in my namecard and the segments that I work for are healthcare and education. The business deals with consultancy and training that deals with health technology.

    I did a fair bit of googling and it seems that the abbreviation for Doctor of Industrial Technology is D.I.T or D.Ind.Tech.

    I also hold a MSc and various professional certifications, post grad diplomas (also starting my MBA). I do not see any value in listing the MSc in my namecard but would list the MBA (when I do finish it)

    From what I read off the net, suggestions for listing this doctorate includes

    1) Dr. JimmySDG or
    2) JimmySGD D.Ind.Tech or
    3) JimmySGD D.I.T

    I'm inclined to option one as its not easy to explain the Doctor of Industrial Technology either with D.I.T or D.Ind.Tech (and it take up too much space in my namecare) but would putting 'Dr." be too pretentious? The market segment of the consultancy is in healthcare and education where there are 'Doctors', aplenty, be it medical or PhDs.

    Your valuable opinions please
     
  2. obecve

    obecve New Member

    Typically the school that grants the diploma has a preferred way for the postnomial to be listed. I would not use the Dr. option.
     
  3. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    I would use the standard designation of D.I.T. per the US Dept of Education ad the NSF.
    www2.ed.gov/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc

    On your resume/CV spell it out.
     
  4. emmzee

    emmzee New Member

    Maybe put

    JimmySGD D.I.T, MSc

    To make it more obvious that the D in D.I.T stands for "doctorate"?

    From what I recall it isn't considered proper to put "Dr" in front of your name in contexts that are different from what your doctorate is in ... so in a healthcare context, it wouldn't be appropriate for someone who is not a medical doctor to call themselves "Dr whoever".
     
  5. President

    President New Member

    Doctorates go after master's degrees.
     
  6. Lukeness

    Lukeness Member

    You could just move it to the next line (like a designation) and have the best of both worlds...
    Dr. JimmySDG
    BSc, MSc, D.I.T
     
  7. JimmySDG

    JimmySDG New Member

    Hi Guys,

    Thanks for the input, it affirms my 'fears' although I've seen a lot of people, both MD and PhDs, put 'Dr' <name> instead of <name> PhD or MD.

    The stuff I got off the internet is quite iffy, some say yes (because I'd doing consulting and the Doctorate is in a relevant field - thesis is in health informatics) but some say no because its pretentious and might cause confusion, esp since I would use the namecard for both context of education and healthcare (I also design and teach health informatics courses)

    I'd most probably skip the Bachelor as it would take up too much space but would but MSc, D.I.T (and in future, MSc, MBA, DIT)

    Thanks for all the help.
     
  8. JimmySDG

    JimmySDG New Member

    I somehow missed this post.
    I think its a great idea!

    Would this be deem appropriate? - to list both Dr. and D.I.T?
     
  9. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    You might be right (I don't know). However, the business cards that I've seen always list the doctorate first:

    John Doe, PhD, MA

    Is there an official APA (or other) way that specifies how it should be listed?

    I agree with others that either doctor OR the credential should be listed, but not both.

    Dr. John Doe, PhD (no)
    Dr. John Doe (yes)
    John Doe, Phd (yes)
     
  10. mrtito02

    mrtito02 New Member

    Hi Jimmy,

    If you don't mind me asking, what school are you going to? Is it an online or on-ground program?
     
  11. Lukeness

    Lukeness Member

    I think it would be fine on separate lines. It serves as clarification and means you can't be accused of presenting yourself as a doctor of medicine or any other confusion.
     
  12. PatsFan

    PatsFan New Member

     
  13. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    I agree.

    Abner
     
  14. RBTullo

    RBTullo Member

    I'm pretty sure that you can either list the highest degree earned by itself, or degrees are supppose to be listed in the order earned.

    Rich
     
  15. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

  16. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    It is most common for those with doctoral degrees to list only the highest degree earned. Otherwise, as RBTullo states it is also common for people to list multiple degrees in the order earned (John Doe, BS, MA). Those with first professional degrees (MD, JD, etc.) who earn masters degrees will typically list them after the first professional doctorate, since the first professional degree is earned first, e.g. Jane Doe MD, MS or John Doe, JD, LLM. Now having said that, can you list your degrees in a different order? Sure...it's your card!

    Anthony Piña, A.A. B.A. Ed.M. Ed.D. (or maybe that should be Ed.D. Ed.M. B.A. A.A., since I am left-handed)
     
  17. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Try this on for size. If you are certified by the American Translators Association for, lets say French, Spanish and German interpreted to English, you would have:

    Maniac Craniac, CT(E>S, S>E, E>F, F>E, E>G, G>E)

    It looks more like an Atari game than it does a signature line.
     
  18. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    You can also throw in some professional certifications and make alphabet soup:

    Randell, PhD (ABD), MS, MBA( x1.5), BS (x2), AA, MCSE NT 4.0, MCP+Internet, MCSA Win 2K, Net+, A+, Server+, Security+, Project+, i-Net+, CSSGB, and all around good guy :D
     
  19. JimmySDG

    JimmySDG New Member

    Hi Guys,
    Apologies for the 'disappearance', I was out of the country and had very little internet access.

    Lukeness: Thanks for the tip, I took a look at the namecards I received and am glad to see a sizable number of Physicians and Academicians listing their titles and qualification in the manner you described - 2 lines.

    Mrtito02: It's a BM state-owned institute that happens to have some of it's doctorate program available online. I'm not going to mentioned it yet least I 'jinx' anything :)

    Randell1234: As mentioned in my first few post, I'll not list everything, the simple reason being - even if I omit the 'lower qualifications', I still end up with a long string of alphabets behind my name - which imho is very pretentious
    (yes, its longer than what you typed above and I've not even include the membership/fellowships part as mentioned in the wiki link provided by Ian Anderson).

    Thanks for all the great advice, sincerely appreciated.

    Cheers
     

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