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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Jerel Ezell is an assistant professor and political epidemiologist in community health sciences at the University of California Berkeley.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Priya Chakrabarti Basu, an assistant professor of pollinator health and apiculture at WSU told ABC News that honey bee losses could stem from nutrition deficiencies, mite infestations, viral diseases and possible pesticide exposure during the previous pollinating season.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
Kerri Evans is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of Social Work.
—Celene Viveros Garces, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
Those are some of the ambitious ideas of Ball State University architectural students, who were guided by Jeremy Merrill, an assistant professor of landscape architecture.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Priya Chakrabarti Basu, an assistant professor of pollinator health and apiculture at WSU told ABC News that honey bee losses could stem from nutrition deficiencies, mite infestations, viral diseases and possible pesticide exposure during the previous pollinating season.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
Kerri Evans is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of Social Work.
—Celene Viveros Garces, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
Those are some of the ambitious ideas of Ball State University architectural students, who were guided by Jeremy Merrill, an assistant professor of landscape architecture.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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