associate professor

American  

noun

1. a teacher in a college or university who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.

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associate professor British  

noun

1. (in the US and Canada) a university teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor

2. (in New Zealand) a senior lecturer holding the rank below professor

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Other Word Forms

• associate professorship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of associate professor

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Associate professor Håkon Reiersen with the museum said the gold pendants — flat, thin, single-sided gold medals called bracteates — date from around A.D.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Associate professor of politics Jennifer Seely will oversee the school’s new program.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2017

Associate professor Aeron Hurt, of the Melbourne-based Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, said scientists had previously thought viruses rarely reached Antarctica.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2016

Associate professor Ben Edelman last week sent a string of progressively hostile emails to Ran Duan, who deals with the customer relations side of his parents’ restaurant, Sichuan Garden. 

From US News • Dec. 10, 2014

Associate professor of crop genetics Sean Mayes says there are many reasons why producing enough food will be a "significant challenge".

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2013