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

Recent Examples on the Web

About two dozen states have state-level AI guidance for schools, but the extent to which it is applied by schools and teachers is uneven, says Maya Israel, an associate professor of educational technology and computer science education at the University of Florida. —Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 25 June 2025

Kate Lowe is an associate professor in urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. —Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025

Andrea Celli, associate professor of Italian and Mediterranean studies, said morale at the university has declined over the years with cuts that have included programs and classes and impacted graduate programs. —Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025

David Joffe is an associate professor of physics at Kennesaw State University. —David Joffe, Space.com, 19 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for associate professor

• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar
• oppressor
• possessor
• processor
• repressor
• successor