associate professor
Tenured faculty member
Associate professor is an academic rank at colleges and universities, typically one step below full professor and one above assistant professor.
In the American system, promotion to associate professor usually coincides with tenure: She was promoted to associate professor after six years.
The rank indicates established credentials and a secure position in the faculty.
Inherent power or ability
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
university · college · professorship · appointment · colleague · humanities · sciences · professoriate
Giving an instructive talk
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
graduate · seminar · coursework · syllabus · curriculum · grading · mentorship · office hours
Protected employment status
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- job securityProtected employment status
- academic freedomProtected scholarly inquiry rights
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
evaluation · advancement · professional development · CV · dossier · reappointment · contract · probationary period
Issued written material
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- grantBestow or award money
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
scholarship · hypothesis · data analysis · methodology · journals · conferences · citations · co-authorship
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
department · university · college · professorship · appointment · colleague · humanities · sciences · professoriate · higher education
lecturing
Giving an instructive talk
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
- studentsThose receiving instruction
undergraduate · graduate · seminar · coursework · syllabus · curriculum · grading · mentorship · office hours · advising
tenure
Protected employment status
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- job securityProtected employment status
- academic freedomProtected scholarly inquiry rights
tenure-track · evaluation · advancement · professional development · CV · dossier · reappointment · contract · probationary period · career progression
publication
Issued written material
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- grantBestow or award money
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
fieldwork · scholarship · hypothesis · data analysis · methodology · journals · conferences · citations · co-authorship · funding
- 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
associate professorfull professor
Highest academic rank
professor · distinguished professor · endowed chair · university professor · assistant professor
associate professorfull professor
Highest academic rank
distinguished professor · tenured professor · department chair · dean · Nobel laureate
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