professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfe-sər 
1
: one that professes, avows, or declares
2
a
: a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education
b
: a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school
c
: one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
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Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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But the effects of the country’s objections are more than symbolic, said Kristopher Velasco, a sociology professor at Princeton University who studies how international institutions and nongovernmental organizations have worked to expand or curtail LGBTQ+ rights.
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Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
The business challenges facing the early education industry amount to market failure: Businesses can’t keep up with demand and customers don’t have access to supply, said Katie Sloan, a professor at Oakland University’s Birth to Kindergarten program.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Some professors are assigning more work that must be handwritten or completed in class to attempt to prevent plagiarism and the overuse of AI.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
Andrew Brodsky, a professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin who has researched these issues, outlines practical ways to be more conscientious and intentional about our communication choices and patterns.
—Harvard Business Review, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professor. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfes-ər
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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