assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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Carter is an assistant professor who runs a lab at CIPHER that studies how fungi and bacteria interact.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2024
Christopher Ewing is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University, specializing in the history of race and sexuality in modern Europe.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2024
Christopher Ewing is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University, specializing in the history of race and sexuality in modern Europe.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for assistant professor
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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