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

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Antoine Lovell is an assistant professor at Morgan State University’s School of Social Work and a member of the Research Council at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Antoine Lovell, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025 Knight is assistant professor in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Literary Hub, 31 July 2025 To Home Prices All of these upward pressures on the cost of homeownership will reduce the desirability of living in flood-prone areas, putting downward pressure on housing demand, Cameron LaPoint, real estate expert and assistant professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, told Newsweek. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 An analysis by some Carthage math professors found female assistant professors earned nearly $6,500 less than their male counterparts in 2022. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for assistant professor

Word History

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 19 Aug. 2025.

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