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

The findings offer a broader outlook on what aging can look like, Amy Fitzpatrick, MD, a physician at Boston Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Boston University, told Verywell. — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026

Cyclosporiasis is difficult to contain under the best of circumstances, says Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. — Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 July 2026

Emma Alexander, an assistant professor of computer science and one of the study's co-authors, explains the underlying physics. — New Atlas, 17 July 2026

Allison Daminger is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research focusses on gender imbalances and cognitive labor in family life. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 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