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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Hanno Jentzsch, an associate professor at the University of Vienna, tells TIME that Koizumi’s move signals that the LDP is ready and willing to meet consumers’ needs. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 18 July 2025 The new study is the first to analyze the Song of Wade excerpt alongside the entirety of the Latin sermon that quotes it, said study coauthor Dr. James Wade, an associate professor of English Literature at Girton College. Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 18 July 2025 Several years ago, I was introduced to the philosopher William MacAskill, who at 28 had become the youngest associate professor of philosophy in Oxford’s history. Ben Brooks july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025 The associate professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia argues that firms must build psychological infrastructure to support mental fitness or risk collapsing under the speed of technological change. Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 17 July 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 22 Jul. 2025.

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