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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Margaret Gray, an associate professor of political science at Adelphi University, told Newsweek that New York state has a diversity of farming sectors and immigrant workers supporting them.
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Dan Gooding
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amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The team, led by Keith Sockman, an associate professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted its research in Molas Pass, Colorado.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Shefali Christopher, a clinical specialist in sports physical therapy and associate professor at Tufts University, recalls that lack of advice during her own first pregnancy.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
But such claims are misleading, according to experts such as David DiCarlo, an associate professor in the University of Texas at Austin’s petroleum engineering school.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Dan Gooding
billal Rahman
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The team, led by Keith Sockman, an associate professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted its research in Molas Pass, Colorado.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Shefali Christopher, a clinical specialist in sports physical therapy and associate professor at Tufts University, recalls that lack of advice during her own first pregnancy.
—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
But such claims are misleading, according to experts such as David DiCarlo, an associate professor in the University of Texas at Austin’s petroleum engineering school.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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