assistant professor

noun

1. a teacher in a college or university who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor.

assistant professor

noun

1. a university teacher lower in rank than an associate professor

Other Words From

• assistant professorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of assistant professor¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

“SSI/SSDI offers vital support to those facing health challenges and disabilities by providing income and health insurance,” Jeremy McCauley, an assistant professor in economics at the University of Bristol, told Salon.

From Salon

"For patients, this means that there are options when it comes to receiving care," says Marcantoni, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and the paper's lead author.

From Science Daily

F. Gold, an assistant professor of physical geography at Utrecht University who conducted the research as a postdoctoral associate at Cornell.

From Science Daily

In a recently published paper in Nature Microbiology, the Stanford University assistant professor made a convincing argument that fungal fermentation of food waste and agricultural byproducts could be the next culinary frontier.

From Salon

Marina Bzovii, MITP's administrator and an assistant professor at the Technical University of Moldova, already sees Moldova as a regional business hub.

From BBC