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
Following graduation in 1937, McNamara went on to Harvard Business School, blazing a path of such distinction that he was invited to join the faculty as an assistant professor of business administration soon after receiving his master’s degree.
—
Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Zhou Yun, an assistant professor of social demography and family sociology at the University of Michigan, told ABC that the tax increase is political.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Walker-Figueroa has worked as a professional ballet and modern dancer, research assistant, classical harpist, bartender, literary editor, and creative writing instructor and is currently an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The positive reinforcement of winning toys differentiates claw machine arcades from regular arcades, said Ed Timke, an assistant professor at Michigan State University’s Department of Advertising and Public Relations.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assistant professor
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Zhou Yun, an assistant professor of social demography and family sociology at the University of Michigan, told ABC that the tax increase is political.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Walker-Figueroa has worked as a professional ballet and modern dancer, research assistant, classical harpist, bartender, literary editor, and creative writing instructor and is currently an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The positive reinforcement of winning toys differentiates claw machine arcades from regular arcades, said Ed Timke, an assistant professor at Michigan State University’s Department of Advertising and Public Relations.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assistant professor
Cite this Entry
“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share