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

"Initially, we were very excited when we learnt that many people have taken up keeping ants," Wang, assistant professor at Sichuan University, told the BBC.

From BBC

Minkyu Shin is an assistant professor of marketing at the City University of Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wang is also an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard Chan School and an associate member at the Broad Institute.

From Science Daily

The polyamorous community is bigger than many realize, said Amy C. Moors, an assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University who has researched the demographics of polyamorous people and discrimination against such relationships.

From Los Angeles Times

“In the short term, the higher crude prices will be a benefit for New Mexico,” said Xiaoyang Wang, an assistant professor of economics at the University of New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal