associate professor

noun

: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor
associate professorship noun

Examples of associate professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Southern California, this should occur around 5 or 6 a.m., according to Paul Robertson, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 The pandemic woke people up to the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in medicine, according to Dr. Hala Borno, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and cofounder and CEO of Trial Library. Lindsey Leake, Fortune Well, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for associate professor 

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Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of associate professor was in 1819

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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.

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