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

Giddings is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Donna Kiel, a former K-12 principal and now an instructional assistant professor at the DePaul College of Education, will oversee the center. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

That, says Hongseok Jang, an assistant professor of management science at Tulane University, is the point. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Dan Lainer-Vos, an assistant professor of sociology who has taught at USC since 2008, said his pay has not kept up with inflation and rising costs of living. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 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