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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Biss, a former assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, is backed by the 314 Action Fund, a fundraising committee that works to elect Democrats with science backgrounds.
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The study bridges an important gap between telescopic observations and laboratory analysis, said Damanveer Grewal, an assistant professor in the department of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale University, who also did not take part in the study.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Kuenne, an assistant professor at Wisconsin, who also had to leave her job.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Trisha Amboree, an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, who studies cervical cancer screening, sees potential in the new method.
—Christina Szalinski, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The study bridges an important gap between telescopic observations and laboratory analysis, said Damanveer Grewal, an assistant professor in the department of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale University, who also did not take part in the study.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Kuenne, an assistant professor at Wisconsin, who also had to leave her job.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Trisha Amboree, an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, who studies cervical cancer screening, sees potential in the new method.
—Christina Szalinski, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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