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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Ugo Troiano is an associate professor of economics at the University of California, Riverside.
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Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Given the wide-ranging responsibilities and increasing risk due to climate change, part-time or volunteer emergency management positions shouldn’t exist, said Samantha Montano, an emergency management associate professor and researcher at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Daniel Durkin, an associate professor of social work who is also one of the center’s founding members, said raising awareness of sports gambling’s prevalence on college campuses will be a central goal.
—Michael Goldberg, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
It was carried out by Pinar Yildirim, PhD, an associate professor of marketing, and researchers from top institutions including Wharton and UCLA.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
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Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Given the wide-ranging responsibilities and increasing risk due to climate change, part-time or volunteer emergency management positions shouldn’t exist, said Samantha Montano, an emergency management associate professor and researcher at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Daniel Durkin, an associate professor of social work who is also one of the center’s founding members, said raising awareness of sports gambling’s prevalence on college campuses will be a central goal.
—Michael Goldberg, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
It was carried out by Pinar Yildirim, PhD, an associate professor of marketing, and researchers from top institutions including Wharton and UCLA.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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