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 cost of raising children is also going up, which could be another factor in people deciding to wait, said Jessica Holzer, an associate professor at the University of New Haven with a doctorate in health policy and bioethics.
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Paula Cohen, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Gaurav Khanna, an associate professor of economics at UC San Diego, said that around the year 2000, China began a major campaign to build new universities.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Banning a hashtag seems like a step in the right direction, says Cynthia Vejar, PhD, the director and associate professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Lebanon Valley College.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 June 2025
Also influential was associate professor Misty Paig-Tran, who studies fish.
—Nicole Gregory, Oc Register, 9 June 2025
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Paula Cohen, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Gaurav Khanna, an associate professor of economics at UC San Diego, said that around the year 2000, China began a major campaign to build new universities.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Banning a hashtag seems like a step in the right direction, says Cynthia Vejar, PhD, the director and associate professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Lebanon Valley College.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 June 2025
Also influential was associate professor Misty Paig-Tran, who studies fish.
—Nicole Gregory, Oc Register, 9 June 2025
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“Associate professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/associate%20professor. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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