Can this person write my LOR?

[Monika12]

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[claduva94]

As long as she has taught you then you should be fine!

 

[Monika12]

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[gyngyn]

She needs letterhead from a current appointment. Does she have one?

 

[Monika12]

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[claduva94]

What do you mean?

The letter needs to be on letterhead. But letterhead from her current institution should suffice I believe.

 

[gyngyn]

What do you mean?

LOR's from faculty should be from people who are well, faculty. Does your potential letter writer currently hold a faculty appointment?

 

[Salt Salt]

LOR's from faculty should be from people who are well, faculty. Does your potential letter writer currently hold a faculty appointment?

So, hypothetically speaking, if I had a professor several years ago who just retired, they wouldn't be able to author a letter?

 

[Monika12]

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[gyngyn]

You mean that even if she was a faculty and taught me a class and that now she isn't (I think she is tho), she can't write a letter for me anymore?

She can still write one. It doesn't carry the same gravitas.

 

[gyngyn]

So, hypothetically speaking, if I had a professor several years ago who just retired, they wouldn't be able to author a letter?

It happens. Sometimes we let professors continue to write as Professors Emeritus (they are usually very old).