 Annalise Keating (played by Viola Davis) from the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) legal drama mystery television series "How to Get Away with Murder" is a law professor at the fictional Middleton University.Early in the series, Annalise is a self-sufficient and confident woman, respected for being a great law professor and a great lawyer, feared and admired by her students, whose image breaks down as the series progresses.Mysterious, older men with magical powers (and unclear academic standing) are sometimes given the title of "Professor" in literature and theater.