assistant professor

noun

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Definition of assistant professor

: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor

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assistant professorship

noun

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Recent Examples of assistant professor from the Web

In 2009, Drexel graduate student (and now assistant professor) Amanda Lough and a team of researchers installed 26 seismic stations in East Antarctica’s icy landscape.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Earthquakes Rumble Under East Antarctica Much More Frequently Than Thought," 6 June 2018
The combination of engine noise and wind is harmful, said Brian Fligor, president of Boston Audiology Consultants and a former assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.

— rick barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Loud motorcycles are a sweet sound or an offensive din, depending on the listener," 21 May 2018
Gericke praised Bandy, the faculty adviser to her newspaper and an assistant professor of journalism at Asbury.

— jack jenkins religion news service, Houston Chronicle, "Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers," 12 May 2018
Also being honored with the 2018 Young Alumna of Distinction Award is Tamara Broderick, Class of '03 and an ITT career development assistant professor at MIT.

— jeff piorkowski/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "A curling gold medal for Shaker team; University Hts. parade happenings; more: Press Run," 11 May 2018
Splint, an assistant professor at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, has long been interested in exploring ideas surrounding community.

— catherine womack, Los Angeles Magazine, "If You See People in Headphones on the Santa Monica Pier, They May Be Watching You," 8 May 2018
Emily Whiting, a 36-year-old assistant professor of computer science, met her research partner of the same age and title, Ladislav Kavan, in 2011 while studying in Switzerland.

— jenny earnest, Outside Online, "How Two Scientists Will Build Mountains," 30 Apr. 2018
George Mocsary, an assistant professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, told BuzzFeed News that, if found guilty of transferring firearms back to his son, the elder Reinking could face one to three years in prison.

— anne branigin, The Root, "Accused Waffle House Killer Gets $2 Million Bail; Police Investigate Father Who May Have Given Back Confiscated AR-15," 24 Apr. 2018
Past experience: Wacker started her academic career at UNC in 1990 as an assistant professor of gerontology, working her way up through the ranks to become the dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2003.

— nicole blanchard and dana oland, idahostatesman, "One of these five people will be Boise State University's next president | Idaho Statesman," 18 Apr. 2018

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