Formal letter to an academic person holding Master's degree Usually it is simple: &quot;Dear Prof. Berret...&quot;, Dear Dr. Jones...&quot;. But this time I have to write a formal letter to a person with a Masters Degree (MSc). I never met the person, can not be sure about their gender (Tracy Smith could be both man/woman). The person is active in academia, publishing frequently and their job title is &quot;Director&quot;. What are my options?
Dear Director of... (with no name)?
Dear Principal Investigator ...?
Dear Mr Smith?
Dear Mrs Smith?
Anyone?
Don't overthink it. Try to find out the gender and then use &quot;Mr.&quot; or &quot;Mrs.&quot;
Even many professors don't insist on titles most the time and a person with a master degree is usually just a (former) student, who is one step further than other students. In a second E-Mail you can then use how they call themself in their signature.
&quot;Dear Director&quot; may be appropriate, when the job position is relevant to your E-Mail.
(It may depend on the country how much people want to be addressed using their academic full title)