associate professor

noun

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

associate professor

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

Other Words From

• associate professorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of associate professor¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Joel Christian Gill is a cartoonist, historian, and associate professor of illustration at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

From Vox

Bobby Fokidis, an associate professor of biology at Rollins College in Orlando, focuses on how urban environments affect bird health, as well as the link between stress and disease in songbirds.

From Washington Post

Melissa Mazmanian, an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine with joint appointments in computer science and organization and management, offered an alternate theory.

From Quartz

A nomination is legitimate if you get the associate professor of history at Your Town State University to send a similar letter.

From Washington Post

“The pandemic has severely disrupted travel agencies,” says Fred Becker, an associate professor of hospitality management at York College of Pennsylvania.

From Washington Post

She now serves as an Associate Professor at Colorado State University and has authored several books on autism and animal science.

From The Daily Beast

David Fontana is Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School.

From The Daily Beast

Davis is a former chaplain and associate professor of religion at Skidmore College.

From The Daily Beast

David Fontana is an associate professor of law at George Washington University School of Law.

From The Daily Beast

Goodwin, an associate professor at Nottingham University, has compiled the first comprehensive study on the rise of Ukip.

From The Daily Beast

The associate professor of admiralty in the department of law of the University of Virginia hesitated and was lost.

From Project Gutenberg

I recall seeing Dr. Bashour who is an associate professor of medicine and chief of the cardiology section at Parkland.

From Project Gutenberg

The associate professor of admiralty was shaving himself with care.

From Project Gutenberg

Since 1920, associate professor of oratory, Northwestern University.

From Project Gutenberg

I am an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Southern California.

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