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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Thomas Whalen is associate professor of social sciences at Boston University.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Aaron Coy Moulton is associate professor of Latin American history at Stephen F. Austin State University and on a research fellowship from the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast with Lamar University.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Tomoko Ikari, an associate professor of consumer behavior at Meisei University in Tokyo, said danshari resonated so strongly in Japan for a reason: The idea of living simply and detaching from desires is embedded in the Buddhist teachings that help shape Japan.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Peter Vickers is professor in philosophy of science at Durham University; Henry Taylor is associate professor, Department of Philosophy at University of Birmingham, and Sean McMahon is a reader in astrobiology at University of Edinburgh.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Aaron Coy Moulton is associate professor of Latin American history at Stephen F. Austin State University and on a research fellowship from the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast with Lamar University.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Tomoko Ikari, an associate professor of consumer behavior at Meisei University in Tokyo, said danshari resonated so strongly in Japan for a reason: The idea of living simply and detaching from desires is embedded in the Buddhist teachings that help shape Japan.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Peter Vickers is professor in philosophy of science at Durham University; Henry Taylor is associate professor, Department of Philosophy at University of Birmingham, and Sean McMahon is a reader in astrobiology at University of Edinburgh.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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