associate professor

American

noun

a teacher in a college or university who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.

associate professor British

noun

(in the US and Canada) a university teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
(in New Zealand) a senior lecturer holding the rank below professor

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Other Word Forms

associate professorship noun

Etymology

Origin of associate professor

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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Mohammad Ali Kadivar, an Iranian associate professor of sociology and international studies at Boston College, said these two camps appear to be tolerating each other as they face a shared opponent.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The reality is that advertising is the core business model of the internet as a whole,” said Andy Wu, an associate professor at Harvard Business School.

From Los Angeles Times

“This may be the last chance to clinch a deal,” said Saeid Golkar, associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an expert on Iran’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Most Asgards alive today have been found in environments without oxygen," explained Brett Baker an associate professor of marine science and integrative biology at UT.

From Science Daily

It’s not surprising that the sole U.S. shark-related death occurred in California, said Steve Midway, an associate professor of fisheries at Louisiana State University.

From Los Angeles Times

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