associate professor
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- noun
- /əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər/
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profesor asociado
- Dorothy A. Brown is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
- associate professor of music
- associate professor, PhD
- associate professor at a university
Then finally I'm an associate professor.
- Then finally I'm an associate professor.
Examples
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Not on an associate professor's salary.
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Phillip M. Hash is an associate professor of music education at Calvin College.
Academic text (2015) -
Alex, it's your first year as associate professor.
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I'm just an associate professor.
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In 1990, he left to become an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.
Academic text (1993) -
Monica Anderson is an associate professor at the University of Alabama.
Academic text (2017) -
Pam is an associate professor in the Department of Managerial Science and Engineering.
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Michael T. Hopkins is an associate professor of music education at the University of Michigan.
Academic text (2015) -
Rebecca Zorach is an associate professor of art history at the University of Chicago.
Academic text (2011) -
Pam is an associate professor in the Department of Managerial Science and Engineering.
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Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'associate' signals a particular (lower-than-full) rank and 'professor' denotes an academic teacher, so the combined phrase denotes a professor holding an intermediate rank. This rank-based composition is common cross-linguistically and follows standard academic naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would normally infer the correct meaning.
Etymology
Associate professor comes from the words associate (a partner or someone linked) and professor. It creates the image of a teacher who is part of the professors' group but not yet at the top, so it means a teacher ranked above 'assistant professor' and below 'full professor'.