assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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Inspired by the tigers in Memphis, Brooke Foy, assistant professor of art at the University of Louisiana Monroe, dreamed of creating a similar project.
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Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
The author, Ha Kyung Lee, is an assistant professor in the department of clothing and textiles at Chungnam National University in Daejeon, South Korea.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
But the death rates seen in the current U.S. outbreak seem dramatically higher than what's been seen around the world, said Kristen Coleman, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Jagannathan, an assistant professor of philosophy at Columbia University who reflected on these informal gatherings in an essay earlier this year, identifies three key ingredients needed for this particular social event: hospitality, conviviality and attention.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
The author, Ha Kyung Lee, is an assistant professor in the department of clothing and textiles at Chungnam National University in Daejeon, South Korea.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
But the death rates seen in the current U.S. outbreak seem dramatically higher than what's been seen around the world, said Kristen Coleman, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Jagannathan, an assistant professor of philosophy at Columbia University who reflected on these informal gatherings in an essay earlier this year, identifies three key ingredients needed for this particular social event: hospitality, conviviality and attention.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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