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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The group included instructor Gianluca Benedetti; Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa; her daughter Giorgia Sommacal; marine biologist Federico Gualtieri; and researcher Muriel Oddenino.
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
While that might sound like a disadvantage, humans are adaptable, says Martin MacInnis, an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Calgary.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
Jacob Shelley, an associate professor of health law at Western University, said he was overwhelmingly convinced his students cheated on the final exam for one of his classes, with many using AI tools to do so.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The research was conducted by Shih-Kai Chen, PhD, an associate professor at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), specializing in water engineering, alongside fellow researcher Ching-Feng Chen, PhD, an expert in offshore floating photovoltaic energy.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
While that might sound like a disadvantage, humans are adaptable, says Martin MacInnis, an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Calgary.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
Jacob Shelley, an associate professor of health law at Western University, said he was overwhelmingly convinced his students cheated on the final exam for one of his classes, with many using AI tools to do so.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The research was conducted by Shih-Kai Chen, PhD, an associate professor at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), specializing in water engineering, alongside fellow researcher Ching-Feng Chen, PhD, an expert in offshore floating photovoltaic energy.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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