assistant professor

American  

noun

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

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assistant professor British  

noun

1. a university teacher lower in rank than an associate professor

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Other Word Forms

• assistant professorship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of assistant professor

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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assistant professor

She conducted the study with Marissa Burgermaster, PhD, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The episode draws on Amicus’ interview with Cherneff, a lawyer and visiting assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Law School.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

"This is a crusade," says Georgios Samaras, an assistant professor of public policy at King's College London who studies the European and US far right.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Yes, stool tests can identify the parasite, but the standard stool and parasite screen doesn’t detect cyclospora, said Dr. Scott Roberts, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

At its inception, the division had a roster of four faculty members, including John, who was appointed an assistant professor of medical physics and mostly paid out of the Physics Department budget.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik