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

Research by Justin Mankin, a Dartmouth geography associate professor, found current forecasts imply the 2026-2027 El Niño could be the costliest yet. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University. — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

Shouyi Wang, an associate professor at UTA, and Prasanna Gowda, the center’s associate director and a research professor, are co-leading the work. — Ciara McCarthy. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

Despite these obstacles, the Cuban government faces a short window for obtaining results, said Paolo Spadoni, associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University in Georgia. — Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 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