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

An associate professor of microbiology at the University of Florida, Christner has a photo of Jack Lambert in his office. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Before running for governor, Acton had been recruited by DeWine in 2019 to lead the Ohio Department of Health while serving as an associate professor of public health at Ohio State University. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Mosquitoes thrive in wet, warm conditions, and prefer to breed in pools of standing water, according to Justin Harbison, an associate professor at Loyola University of Chicago. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

An unwavering propensity to spend on jetsetting across income classes may also reflect its emergence as a larger priority exiting Covid lockdowns, according to Tarik Dogru, an associate professor at Florida State University’s hospitality school. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 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