How to Use assistant professor in a Sentence

assistant professor

noun
  • Fox News reached out to the assistant professor who wouldn't comment on the matter.
    — Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 26 May 2022
  • Kuenne, an assistant professor at Wisconsin, who also had to leave her job.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His title, assistant professor of economics, doesn’t do justice to the day-to-day.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 June 2026
  • As a popular and prolific assistant professor at Yale, he was thought to be a sure bet for tenure.
    — George Scialabba, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Adam Readout, assistant professor of military science, who served as the team’s coach for the last three years.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 May 2021
  • Chear moved to start as a clinical assistant professor of social work at UNT.
    — Milla Surjadi, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The program will be led by Meyer and Meredith Witt, assistant professor of physics.
    — cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Ahmad, who is also an assistant professor, said that diagnosing a younger patient can sometimes take longer.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Mapping out a connectome is no small feat, says Christopher Lynn, assistant professor of physics at Yale.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Wang is now assistant professor of literary arts at Brown University, but still dreams of a life in Italy.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • At Thursdays trustees meeting, Nicole Spears, an assistant professor of English urged the board to support the plan.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Guo will be an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor next year.
    — Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2020
  • More than 200 of the new names belong to assistant professors, the early-career scientists whose grant cycles will be the first place policy changes show up.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • His first job was as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Akten is a new media artist and assistant professor in UC San Diego’s visual arts department.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • While there, a team led by assistant professor Mark Margres camped along the beaches and waited until dusk for temperatures to cool enough for rattlesnakes to emerge.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Jemma DeCristo is an assistant professor at UC Davis.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Donika Kelly is a poet and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Iowa.
    — Donika Kelly, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Christine Case, a visiting assistant professor of English, is listed as the course instructor.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Trovatello is now an assistant professor at Politecnico di Milano.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Sun, an assistant professor of medicine and rheumatologist at Duke Health, was three days past her due date when she was induced and Chloe decided to make an appearance.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Elias Picazo, assistant professor of chemistry at USC, agreed.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
  • Kate Wilkin is an assistant professor of fire ecology at San Jose State University.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Barraza is an assistant professor of political science at San Diego Mesa College.
    — Austin Barraza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Specht is an assistant professor in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Robert Sroka is an assistant professor of sport management at Towson University.
    — Robert Sroka, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Exum, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said suitcase wheels are similar to soles.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • McGee is a teaching assistant professor in the university's exercise science department.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Benjamin Poff, assistant professor of audio engineering technology, said most of his students also play in bands and are interested in learning about how to protect their hearing.
    — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Zhao, now an assistant professor at Clemson University, says the next steps include boosting weight capacity and adding sensors for autonomy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025

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