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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Those internal rhythms also affect the brain, says Rebecca Cox, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and co-author of the recent Psychiatry Research study on timing of anxiety symptoms.
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Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Austin Kocher, a Syracuse University research assistant professor who used to run an Ohio immigrant rights organization, said Trump’s massive platform legitimized the hoaxes and kept them circulating long after they were disproved.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Throughout most of our time as a species, stressful experiences were ones that could physically harm us, like being chased by a predator, Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
The tagging was part of the White Shark Chase initiative, spearheaded by Francesco Ferretti, Virginia Tech assistant professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Austin Kocher, a Syracuse University research assistant professor who used to run an Ohio immigrant rights organization, said Trump’s massive platform legitimized the hoaxes and kept them circulating long after they were disproved.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Throughout most of our time as a species, stressful experiences were ones that could physically harm us, like being chased by a predator, Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
The tagging was part of the White Shark Chase initiative, spearheaded by Francesco Ferretti, Virginia Tech assistant professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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