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

Johanna Glauber is an assistant professor of strategy at IE Business School. — Akhil Bhardwaj, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026

Samuel Teitelbaum, PhD, an assistant professor of physics at ASU, explained the measurements. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

By themselves, Kelvin waves don't cause flooding, said Dillon Amaya, an assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University. — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

The slam is now being overseen by Matt Sorensen, a visiting assistant professor-in-residence in the Puppet Arts program and Emily Wicks, the manager of operations and collections for the Ballard Institute and Museum and Puppetry. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 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