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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Rebecca Hanson, an assistant professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Florida, wrote in a court filing for the case that there are no tattoos, symbols or hand gestures associated with the group. Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025 Tech services won’t be the only target of trading partners, according to Jason Miller, assistant professor of logistics in the department of supply chain management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025 More than this perhaps, as Sara Halpern, visiting assistant professor of history at St. Olaf college, wrote to me, the attack had a broader purpose. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 Anthony Michael Kreis, an assistant professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, told USA TODAY that undergo such a process to extend the presidential term limits would be impossible. Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for assistant professor

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of assistant professor was in 1827

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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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