assistant professor

noun

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

assistant professorship noun

Examples of assistant professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Federica Nicolardi, assistant professor in papyrology at the University of Naples Federico II, has led a team of papyrologists in creating machine learning models and interpreting the text from the scrolls. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Neil Thompson, an assistant professor of innovation and strategy at the MIT Sloan School of Management, told Fortune. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Cary Grant, a former airline captain and current assistant professor at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's College of Aviation previously shared safety tips with Travel + Leisure, recommending passengers choose seats near emergency exits and pay close attention to the safety demonstrations. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026

This study was made possible by collaborative efforts of multiple researchers from the Greco and Wickström labs and Kaelyn Sumigray, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at YSM. — Peter Jurich, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for assistant professor

• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar
• oppressor
• possessor
• processor
• repressor
• successor