visiting professor

American  

noun

1. a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.

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visiting professor British  

noun

1. a professor invited to teach in a college or university other than his own, often in another country, for a certain period, such as a term or year

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Etymology

Origin of visiting professor

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Dr James Wright, an AI specialist and visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London, spent seven months observing them.

From BBC

Whether that same partition applied to him is something NBA investigators will examine, according to Michael McCann, a visiting professor of law at Harvard who has followed the situation closely.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr. Nicole Avena, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai Medical School and a visiting professor of health psychology at Princeton University, wrote the book “Why Diets Fail: Because You’re Addicted to Sugar.”

From Salon

Seitter, currently a visiting professor of environmental studies and geosciences at the College of the Holy Cross, pointed to the arrival of spring’s severe weather season.

From Salon

"Really, plastic is just not a good option," said Jeremy Pare, a visiting professor of business and environment at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.

From Salon