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

The study was led by Karan Mehta, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell’s Duffield College of Engineering. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026

Garrett McKay, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Texas A&M, said utilities are extremely concerned about the impacts wildfires have on water. — ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026

Jerel Ezell is an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Chicago Medical Center. — Jerel Ezell, STAT, 12 Nov. 2026

The initiative also includes a research component led by Katrina Waldhauser, assistant professor in CSUF’s Department of Kinesiology. — Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 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