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

After a fire, heavy metal particles can spread through ash and smoke over gardens and inhibit growth, said Olukayode Jegede, an agricultural toxicologist and assistant professor at UC Davis. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Mimi Chang Tan, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine, said via email. — Sarah Todd, STAT, 8 July 2026

This mission to match Google’s results was almost a perfect test case for Eigen Labs’ approach, says Sam Jaques, an assistant professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026

Zach Raff, an assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics at NC State, previously told the Observer the parasite poses low risk to North Carolina as long as infected animals are quarantined. — Eva Flowe july 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 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