emerita
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- noun
- /ˌɛm.əˈrɪ.tə/
- Formal
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profesora emérita
- We honor the Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, Renee Fox.
- professor emerita
- music professor emerita
I am indebted to Professor Emerita Elaine Cheeseman, who noted many of these on her App Chat blog.
- I am indebted to Professor Emerita Elaine Cheeseman, who noted many of these on her App Chat blog.
- One is Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University, and the other is lowly graduate student.
Examples
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Gladys Tipton, professor emerita of music at Teachers College, Columbia University, and recent inductee to the Music Educators Hall of Fame, died June 10 at her residence in Bloomington, Illinois.
Academic text (1996) -
Marie Anne Mayeski received her Ph.D. from Fordham University and is currently professor emerita at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Academic text (2009) -
Professor emerita of sociology at Boston University, Berger makes two central claims in the book.
Academic text (2003) -
We honor a professor emerita at the University of California at Berkeley and a long time member of the Harvard family, Svetlana Alpers.
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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, an anthropologist and mother, is a professor emerita at the University of California, Davis.
Academic text (2009) -
Donna Rae Clasen is professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she developed and directed Project STREAM.
Academic text (2006) -
Eunice Boardman is professor emerita of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U-C), where she served as professor of music and education and chair of graduate studies in music education until her retirement in 1998.
Academic text (2001) -
Phyllis Chesler is emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at the Richmond College of the City University of New York and cofounder of the Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women's Health Network.
Academic text (2009) -
But Elaine Showalter, an emerita professor of English at Princeton University who served as president of the MLA in 1998, said the association's executive director labors under "a combination of responsibility and powerlessness."
Academic text (2016) -
After a distinguished career, Dr. Smith is now a professor emerita at the university, where she continues to mentor students.
Synonyms
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A retired professor or minister who keeps their title as an honor
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emerita is the feminine noun form of Latin emeritus, from merere 'to deserve', and it names a woman who has retired but keeps her title as an honor.