teaching fellow

American  

noun

1. a holder of a teaching fellowship.

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teaching fellow British  

noun

1. a postgraduate student who is given tuition, accommodation, expenses, etc, in return for some teaching duties

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Other Word Forms

• teaching fellowship
  noun

Example Sentences

Min Zin studied for a master’s degree in journalism at Berkeley and later became a teaching fellow there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Claire Wilkes, a teaching fellow in audiology at Aston University, spoke to the BBC about the damage defective equipment can have on hearing when someone is exposed to high levels of noise.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Koontz said building a supportive work culture is part of the solution, and a bilingual teaching fellow partnership with Western Washington University has been key to staffing programs as they’ve expanded in the district.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2022

The university will proportionally increase the associate instructor and teaching fellow rates for Oct 1, 2024 to correspond to the additional increases provided for teaching assistants.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Vickers was the teaching fellow in the chemistry department whom Professor Maddox had planned to assign to help the boys when they first suggested atmospheric analysis.

From The Year When Stardust Fell by Jones, Raymond F.