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

Anne Kirby, an assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, has conducted extensive interviews with autistic adults in her research on autism and suicide. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Jaime Luke, an assistant professor and livestock economist at Michigan State University, said an additional 300,000 metric tons of ground beef would represent about a 2% increase in the domestic beef supply. — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026

Most of the roughly 150 sets of human remains that Hess says are discovered in Pima County every year turn up after monsoon season ends in late September, said Bradley Bartos, assistant professor at the University of Arizona. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

That data, while useful, may not be representative of the broader population of SNAP recipients, said Benjamin Chrisinger, an assistant professor of community health at Tufts University, via email. — Sarah Todd, STAT, 24 Aug. 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