as in dean
a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
a professor of chemistry Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Paul Clark, a professor of labor and employment relations at Penn State University, talked to Kate Kilpatrick, The Conversation U.S. Philadelphia editor, about why this is happening – and why in Philly.
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Paul F. Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
Beginning in 2012, Gregory Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, used the functional MRI to study cognitive function in awake, unrestrained dogs.
—Dawn Kovell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, visited nursing homes housing the children and filed a report as part of the litigation.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The first Women’s Marches helped engage many of their participants politically, and that mobilization didn’t end after the marches concluded, said David S. Meyer, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Paul F. Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
Beginning in 2012, Gregory Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, used the functional MRI to study cognitive function in awake, unrestrained dogs.
—Dawn Kovell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, visited nursing homes housing the children and filed a report as part of the litigation.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The first Women’s Marches helped engage many of their participants politically, and that mobilization didn’t end after the marches concluded, said David S. Meyer, professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professor. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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