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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Coding tasks that used to take four hours now take Keith Butler, an associate professor in chemistry at University College London, thirty minutes.
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Christian nationalists believe broadly in the orthodox and theological beliefs of Christianity, Andrew Whitehead, an associate professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, previously told USA TODAY.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Figure out what your child is interested in Tatiana Joseph, an associate professor for teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, suggested parents figure out what their child is interested in.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
While medications and talk therapy are effective for many people, symptom relief can be elusive, says Samuel Wilkinson, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Christian nationalists believe broadly in the orthodox and theological beliefs of Christianity, Andrew Whitehead, an associate professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, previously told USA TODAY.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Figure out what your child is interested in Tatiana Joseph, an associate professor for teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, suggested parents figure out what their child is interested in.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
While medications and talk therapy are effective for many people, symptom relief can be elusive, says Samuel Wilkinson, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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