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

Daniel Paul Morrison, an associate professor at Manor College in suburban Philadelphia, smiles at the story. — Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2026

However, Vardi and his colleague Ron Shimelmitz, an associate professor in archaeology at the University of Haifa, have now discovered that it was inhabited up to 400,000 years ago. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Harrisburg's Rachel Fogle (an associate professor) and Glenn Williams (an instructor), provided guidance on the prototype, which uses oyster spat (baby oysters) and then helps the oysters grow into adulthood. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 June 2026

Whitney Phillips, an associate professor of information politics and media ethics at the University of Oregon, has researched internet trolling, malicious online activity and the ethics of subjects such as true crime, per the university. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for associate professor

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