Names and Titles
See also Capitalization.
Note: Consult your software documentation for the keystrokes or menu options used to create diacritical marks for non-English names and words: Rodrígues, résumé, etc.
Degrees with Names
Use a comma between a person’s name and degree.
- Jan Teacher, MA
Government Programs
Following the general rules of capitalization, full formal or accepted titles of plans, policies, laws, and similar documents or agreements, together with names of programs resulting from them, are usually capitalized. Incomplete names are lowercased.
- In connection with the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, Section 7 (b), when disclosure of the Social Security number . . .
Names for Racial and Ethnic Origins
See Inclusive Writing.
Names with Initials
Use a space between initials. If an entire name is abbreviated, spaces and periods are omitted.
- G. P. “Bud” Peterson presented the strategic plan to the Board of Regents.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to as FDR, is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
Names with Job Titles
Capitalize job titles only when they immediately precede the individual’s name. For examples, see the Capitalization section. Do not use courtesy or academic degree titles when referring to academic personnel.
- Professor John Doe, biology; OR John Doe, professor of biology;
- NOT Mr. John Doe or Professor Dr. John Doe
Names with Suffixes
Omit commas before and after Jr., Sr., and the designations I, II, III, and IV. A possible exception: If you know that a person uses a comma and insists on its use, include it; personal names are a personal matter.
- Fred Jones Jr. was introduced by Cedric Waltham III.
- BUT Richard L. Byyny, MD, was the chancellor of the Boulder campus from 1997 to 2005.
Publications, Presentations, and Reports
Titles of books, journals, movies, TV and radio programs, musicals, plays, long poems, works of art, and campus publications are styled italic with initial caps (see Capitalization for more information). Titles of articles, episodes, short stories, book chapters, poems, conference papers, presentations, and essays are styled roman (nonitalicized) and enclosed in quotation marks. Titles of forms, reports, workshops, conferences, etc. are set in roman text with initial caps.
- Just the Facts, available through the Office of New Services, contains a wealth of facts, statistics, and information about CU-Boulder.
- The “Spring Break” episode of Grey's Anatomy has not been shot, but Dr. A. M. A. Lovesick gave a paper, “Anatomy Goes to the Beach,” at the Conference on TV Episodes We’d Love to See.
- Complete the Member Copy 4 of the DD-214 to apply for veteran benefits.