associate professor

noun

: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor

associate professorship noun

Examples of associate professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lizzy Pope, an associate professor at the University of Vermont who researches diet culture in popular culture, previously told USA TODAY. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Neeltje Boogert, an associate professor of animal behavior who studies gulls at the University of Exeter in Britain, believes that Rapp can tell Jerry from other birds. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

Elizabeth Canales, an associate professor of agricultural economics at Mississippi State University, said unusually hot weather in Arizona early in the year caused crops to mature too early. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

According to Brian Copeland, an associate professor of clinical neurology at Louisiana State University, in the era of modern pollution control, chemical exposures are still too frequent. — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for associate professor

• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar
• oppressor
• possessor
• processor
• repressor
• successor