Noun: associate professor
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: senior lecturer)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: senior lecturer)
- A teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
"The associate professor led several research projects in her department";
- senior lecturer [Brit]
Derived forms: associate professors
Type of: prof [N. Amer], professor [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Associate professor