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

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Farmer lives, reads, and writes in Austin, Texas, and is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025 An associate professor of environmental sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans, Nicole Gasparini, also slammed Landry's proposal on the left-wing social media app. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025 But Hatim Rahman, an associate professor specializing in AI at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, said that most businesses using AI for efficiencies won’t find them right away. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025 Ugo Troiano is an associate professor of economics at the University of California, Riverside. Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for associate professor

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of associate professor was in 1819

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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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