assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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The eagles had the highest view count of any year-round nature livestream active on YouTube between last fall and this spring — at 243 million, according to Rebecca Mauldin, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington who studies social connectedness.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Jiefeng Sun, PhD, an assistant professor at ASU, and co-author of the study, noted the muscles could be used across agriculture, industry, healthcare, home tasks and even future space missions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
But the decade-long decline in violent crime isn’t unique to either city, said Zubin Jelveh, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland who analyzes crime data.
—Stella Canino-Quinones, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
Audiences want to see Guthrie do well, says Kate West, an assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, who studies the effects of journalism on mental health.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Jiefeng Sun, PhD, an assistant professor at ASU, and co-author of the study, noted the muscles could be used across agriculture, industry, healthcare, home tasks and even future space missions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
But the decade-long decline in violent crime isn’t unique to either city, said Zubin Jelveh, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland who analyzes crime data.
—Stella Canino-Quinones, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
Audiences want to see Guthrie do well, says Kate West, an assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, who studies the effects of journalism on mental health.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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