associate professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor
associate professorship
noun
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Many of those animals are surrendered when their owners can no longer properly care for them, an issue that Alessandro Catenazzi, associate professor of biological science at Florida International University, stressed.
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Julian Camejo, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
As Julian Fairey, an environmental engineer and associate professor at the University of Arkansas, points out, this is something that happens every few years.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier is an associate professor of modern literature and literature of the Americas at the University of Notre Dame, as well as an author and essayist.
—Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
If found, these items are burned, Clémence Boulouque, associate professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at Columbia University in New York, previously told USA TODAY.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 1 Apr. 2026
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Julian Camejo, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
As Julian Fairey, an environmental engineer and associate professor at the University of Arkansas, points out, this is something that happens every few years.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier is an associate professor of modern literature and literature of the Americas at the University of Notre Dame, as well as an author and essayist.
—Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
If found, these items are burned, Clémence Boulouque, associate professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at Columbia University in New York, previously told USA TODAY.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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