assistant professor

noun

: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor

assistant professorship noun

Examples of assistant professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Co-author Kaitlyn Becker, an MIT mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the technology could help therapists compare patient evaluations over time. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Cani, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Touro College of Pharmacy in Manhattan, was five-and-a-half-months pregnant. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Qing Gong is an assistant professor at Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University. — Cynthia Lee, Harvard Business Review, 1 Oct. 2026

To best protect the environment and your plants, Ankit Singh, assistant professor and ornamental horticulture educator at the University of Maine Extension, recommends using plain brown paper grocery bags as mulch. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for assistant professor

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