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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Naomi Zewde, a fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, told ABC News that working low-income families and adults will be affected if the ACA subsidies are not approved. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025 Mateo Jarquín, an assistant professor of history at Chapman University and Chamorro’s grandson, challenges this reading. Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 Exum, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said suitcase wheels are similar to soles. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025 Tate, an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, specializes in African diaspora movement, especially hip-hop and jazz dance, and how these forms connect to identity and social change. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for assistant professor

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First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of assistant professor was in 1827

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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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