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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Why Cold Pizza May Have Resistant Starch Everything from storage duration to serving temperature can alter the resistant starch levels in food, Meghan Windham, MPH, RD, LD, clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, told Verywell.
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Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Education policy experts like Jeremy Singer, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Flint, said transportation can be a major equity lever for districts to improve student outcomes.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 26 Dec. 2025
This type of recommendation is usually made when there is real uncertainty about the benefits and risks, said David Higgins, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
—Lena H. Sun, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2025
Following graduation in 1937, McNamara went on to Harvard Business School, blazing a path of such distinction that he was invited to join the faculty as an assistant professor of business administration soon after receiving his master’s degree.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Education policy experts like Jeremy Singer, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Flint, said transportation can be a major equity lever for districts to improve student outcomes.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 26 Dec. 2025
This type of recommendation is usually made when there is real uncertainty about the benefits and risks, said David Higgins, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
—Lena H. Sun, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2025
Following graduation in 1937, McNamara went on to Harvard Business School, blazing a path of such distinction that he was invited to join the faculty as an assistant professor of business administration soon after receiving his master’s degree.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Assistant professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistant%20professor. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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