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[maxerickson]

In the US, lay people don't care about whatever formal meaning it has as a title. It's often used for any instructor at a college level.

(I guess not any instructors because there are TAs and the like, but people leading lectures or similar)

[jdeisenberg → maxerickson]

US community college instructor here. Students use the title professor as described here. I prefer either “Mr.” or my first name. I tell students, “Please don’t call me professor. Even my mom gave up on the idea of me ever getting a PhD.”