associate professor

noun

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

associate professorship noun

Examples of associate professor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chanh Kieu is an associate professor of atmospheric science at Indiana University. — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Chris Zepeda-Milan, an associate professor in the departments of Public Policy and Chicana/o & Central American Studies at UCLA, said that the generational divide was unsurprising. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Many schools have seen success in recruiting teachers, but saving money is a false promise, according to Paul Thompson, a leading researcher on four-day school weeks and an associate professor of economics at Oregon State University. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, associate professor at Southern Illinois University, said the Illinois bobcat population has been rebounding after a long period of decline. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for associate professor

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