associate professor

noun

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

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To qualify for Pell funding, programs must reach a 70% threshold for student completion and job placement, which many states struggle to track, said Dominique Baker, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who studies education policy. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Chains rely on their ability to offer a consistent supply on a huge scale, said Stephen Zagor, a restaurant consultant and adjunct associate professor at Columbia Business School. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Ishani Ganguli is an associate professor of medicine, health services researcher, and internal medicine primary care physician at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. — Ishani Ganguli, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026 Given the available information, the most likely mechanism for the flooding is a glacier collapse, said Dan McGrath, an associate professor in the geosciences department at Colorado State University. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for associate professor

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First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of associate professor was in 1819

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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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