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
Huang is now working with Xiaoqing (Jade) Wang, assistant professor of statistics, on an AI model that maps immune behavior in damaged tissue.
—
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
Christine Case, a visiting assistant professor of English, is listed as the course instructor.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Javier Conde, an assistant professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and colleagues at Politécnico di Milano and Universidad de Valladolid, sought to investigate these limitations in a recent study.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2025
Finding short fragments of DNA less than 40 base pairs long is an initial positive indicator of older DNA, but other environmental factors might be at play, according to Elena Irene Zavala, an assistant professor in forensic genetics at the University of Copenhagen.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assistant professor
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
Christine Case, a visiting assistant professor of English, is listed as the course instructor.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Javier Conde, an assistant professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and colleagues at Politécnico di Milano and Universidad de Valladolid, sought to investigate these limitations in a recent study.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2025
Finding short fragments of DNA less than 40 base pairs long is an initial positive indicator of older DNA, but other environmental factors might be at play, according to Elena Irene Zavala, an assistant professor in forensic genetics at the University of Copenhagen.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assistant professor
Cite this Entry
“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share