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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Preeti Arya, PhD is an assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s textile development and marketing department.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
The beef between South Korea and Google began in 2008, when Google Maps labeled some Korean locations by their Japanese names, according to Soyun Ahn, an assistant professor of communications at Boston College who specializes in global platform governance.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shepard is a New Orleans native and assistant professor of African American and Diaspora Studies.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Heather McNamee is assistant professor of history at Washington State University.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
The beef between South Korea and Google began in 2008, when Google Maps labeled some Korean locations by their Japanese names, according to Soyun Ahn, an assistant professor of communications at Boston College who specializes in global platform governance.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shepard is a New Orleans native and assistant professor of African American and Diaspora Studies.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Heather McNamee is assistant professor of history at Washington State University.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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