associate professors

Pre-tenure faculty members

Associate professors hold a mid-level academic rank at colleges and universities, above assistant professor and below full professor.

The title typically signals that someone has achieved tenure or is on track for it, having demonstrated sustained research and teaching accomplishment.

She was promoted to associate professor after six years.

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