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

Jessica Gephart, an assistant professor at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, said a strong El Niño could also affect aquaculture. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Brusch will serve as the Polymarket Institute’s managing director while Brian Jabarian, an assistant professor in economics and technology at Carnegie Mellon University, will serve as its scientific director. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Samuel Antill, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, said his research shows most people's credit scores recover within a year of filing and usually improve from there. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 29 July 2026

Barrett is an assistant professor in the Institute for Health & Aging at the University of California, San Francisco who researches the effects of music on aging and health. — Karen Barrett, The Conversation, 29 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