assistant professor
Untenured faculty member
Assistant professor is the entry-level rank for tenure-track faculty at most American universities and colleges, below associate professor and full professor.
Someone hired as an assistant professor typically has a set period, often six or seven years, to demonstrate scholarly achievement before being considered for tenure and promotion.
She was hired as an assistant professor of chemistry right after completing her doctorate.
In casual speech, students often address or refer to assistant professors simply as "professor."
Art of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
syllabus · grading · classroom · students · curriculum · didactics · assessment · feedback
Higher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
college · curriculum · syllabus · coursework · seminar · undergraduate · graduate · doctoral
Pre-permanence academic appointment
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- probationaryConditional on good performance
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- appointmentScheduled time for something
advancement · dossier · portfolio · reappointment · contract · CV · candidate
Issued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
- grantBestow or award money
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
fieldwork · hypothesis · methodology · findings · collaboration · co-author · citation · conference
pedagogy
Art of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
coursework · syllabus · grading · classroom · students · curriculum · didactics · assessment · feedback · tutoring
university
Higher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
tenure-track · college · curriculum · syllabus · coursework · seminar · undergraduate · graduate · doctoral · academia
tenure-track
Pre-permanence academic appointment
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- probationaryConditional on good performance
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
appointment · advancement · dossier · portfolio · reappointment · contract · CV · candidate
publication
Issued written material
laboratory · fieldwork · hypothesis · methodology · findings · collaboration · co-author · citation · conference · symposium
advisor
One who gives guidance
- academic positionstenure track, postdoc, department chair, visiting lecturer, research fellow
- academiauniversities, graduation cap, biology department, thesis statement, cited
- academicscourse, math, syllabus week, class, science
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, instructor, tutor
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, librarian, counselor
- Academic Careertenure, tenure track, department head, dean, academic dean
assistant professorfull professor
Highest academic rank
tenured professor · tenured faculty · distinguished professor · endowed chair · professor
assistant professortenured professor
Faculty with permanent appointment
tenured faculty · full professor · professor emeritus · lifetime appointment · adjunct professor
assistant professorstudent
One formally enrolled somewhere
graduate student · undergraduate · doctoral candidate · teaching assistant · research assistant
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