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

Discovery of the substance immediately made Tak Sumaya, an assistant professor who helped identify it in the coffee maker water, suspicious. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

Meredith Geisler, assistant professor of sport management at George Washington University, said the Dream’s campaign that year built upon a tradition of progressive social justice that has been a hallmark of the WNBA since its inception. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Co-author Kaitlyn Becker, an MIT mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the technology could help therapists compare patient evaluations over time. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Cani, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Touro College of Pharmacy in Manhattan, was five-and-a-half-months pregnant. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 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