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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There is no overall conclusion that paraffin candles either will or won’t harm your health, said pulmonologist Dr. Sobia Farooq, a clinical assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Newsweek also spoke to Dr Jared L Ross, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri Medical School and director of trauma services for Bothwell Regional Health Center, who previously worked as a paramedic and firefighter.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the past three months, there has been a significant lack of precipitation all over the Northeast, Elizabeth Carter, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Syracuse University, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Christopher Ewing is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.
—Christopher Ewing / Made By History, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Newsweek also spoke to Dr Jared L Ross, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri Medical School and director of trauma services for Bothwell Regional Health Center, who previously worked as a paramedic and firefighter.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the past three months, there has been a significant lack of precipitation all over the Northeast, Elizabeth Carter, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Syracuse University, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Christopher Ewing is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.
—Christopher Ewing / Made By History, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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