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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McKinzie was an associate professor in the sociology and anthropology department at Middle Tennessee State University.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
First, measure the space where the tree will be displayed, both ceiling height and width of the area, says Bert Cregg, associate professor and extension specialist of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University.
—George Petras, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Phillip Reese is a data reporting specialist and an associate professor of journalism at California State University-Sacramento.
—Arielle Zionts, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Gouvea, an associate professor at the University of São Paulo Law School who taught at Harvard during the fall semester, has agreed to depart the United States, DHS said.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
First, measure the space where the tree will be displayed, both ceiling height and width of the area, says Bert Cregg, associate professor and extension specialist of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University.
—George Petras, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Phillip Reese is a data reporting specialist and an associate professor of journalism at California State University-Sacramento.
—Arielle Zionts, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Gouvea, an associate professor at the University of São Paulo Law School who taught at Harvard during the fall semester, has agreed to depart the United States, DHS said.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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