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

Michael Ahdoot, an assistant professor of urology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, has conducted extensive research on the role of MRIs in prostate cancer detection. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Jessica Finlay, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado Boulder and one of the study’s researchers, immediately agreed when asked how much of this is an affordability story. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Jessica Gephart, an assistant professor at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, said a strong El Niño could also affect aquaculture. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Samuel Antill, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, said his research shows most people's credit scores recover within a year of filing and usually improve from there. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 29 July 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