associate professor

noun

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

Examples of associate professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In this program, Zachary Pardos, associate professor of Education at UC Berkeley, talks about efforts to create more equitable access to adaptive learning technology with the introduction of the first open-source adaptive tutoring system based on Intelligent Tutoring System principles. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024 All that pressure undoubtedly influenced the political landscape Shafik had to assess, said Lincoln Mitchell, an adjunct associate professor of political science at Columbia. Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for associate professor 

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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 6 May. 2024.

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