assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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Lauren Michele Jackson Lauren Michele Jackson is an assistant professor of English and Black Studies at Northwestern University and a contributing writer at The New Yorker.
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Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2024
But Aaron Smith, an assistant professor of Africology and African American studies at Temple University, notes that Lamar got ahead of his own story, unlike Drake.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
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Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2024
But Aaron Smith, an assistant professor of Africology and African American studies at Temple University, notes that Lamar got ahead of his own story, unlike Drake.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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