My supervisor is the dean of an engineering department at my university. Should I address him as *Dean Smith* or *Professor Smith?* Personally, *dean* sounds a little clunky for me talking to my faculty supervisor but I’ve been using it so far, and he hasn’t really mentioned anything about it.

**Is it normal to address someone as *dean* or should I start using *professor* instead?**

Also, I don’t know if he’s the type to care about such things.