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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Nicholas Creel is an associate professor of business law at Georgia College & State University.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
At the time, the prevailing attitude was that the bigger the conglomerate, the more companies would save through sharing services like accounting, said Russell Zwanka, an associate professor of food marketing at Western Michigan University.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Iglesias, 45, is also an associate professor of studio art at UC San Diego and lives in City Heights with her partner, Brandon Som, and their son, August Som-Iglesias.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Renken earns tenure Based on Renken's record of teaching and research, the UW Board of Regents promoted him from assistant professor to associate professor.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
At the time, the prevailing attitude was that the bigger the conglomerate, the more companies would save through sharing services like accounting, said Russell Zwanka, an associate professor of food marketing at Western Michigan University.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Iglesias, 45, is also an associate professor of studio art at UC San Diego and lives in City Heights with her partner, Brandon Som, and their son, August Som-Iglesias.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Renken earns tenure Based on Renken's record of teaching and research, the UW Board of Regents promoted him from assistant professor to associate professor.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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