associate professor

noun

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

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The lead author of that study, University of California, Riverside, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Shaolei Ren, said the DOE projects faster growth of data center demand than his study had estimated. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University. Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 Ending Vaccines for Children, a congressional entitlement program, would likely require legislative action, said Jason Schwartz, an associate professor of health policy at Yale School of Public Health. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024 The obituary did not reveal a cause of death for Thomas, who was also a longtime Brookline resident and former associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for associate professor 

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 26 Dec. 2024.

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