Questions tagged [assistant-professor]
Questions that relate to the academic rank of assistant professor.
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Assistant professor vs Associate professor [closed]
What's the difference between an associate professor and an assistant professor?
What can one of them do that the other can't? and which is a higher level? can any of them supervise a PhD student?
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Can I call an assistant professor "Professor"?
My former teacher, who had done her PhD in a top-10 university in the UK in 2009, is an assistant professor in my former school.
On the day when I visited my former school, I saw her at the school ...
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What is the average salary of assistant professor in New Zealand?
What is the rough salary one should expect from a research university in New Zealand, say in mathematics or sciences areas, at the beginning assistant professor (called Lecturer in NZ) level professor?...
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Getting faculty position in the US: after Postdoc in the US or Lecturer in the UK?
I am a postdoc in a US university (Rank A, edit: R1). I tried to get an academic faculty position in the US, but was unsuccessful. I got an offer (lecturer in the UK system) from the UK university (...
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Is it possible to get a professor position without having had any fellowships in grad school?
As a deferred action for early childhood arrival (DACA) student, I found out that I am not eligible for federal fellowships from the government or through the university.
Some universities allow for ...
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Am I likely to be perceived as less successful if I start as an assistant professor at age 40?
Several professors, including my former advisor and a senior member of my research community, have been encouraging me to apply for a faculty job. I am torn about it mostly because I am 40 years old. ...
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How do I job hunt as an assistant professor mid-tenure, mid pandemic?
I have decided to take a new job, mid tenure case. I am having trouble finding information about how to job hunt in academia at my mid-rank. Specifically:
How to communicate my status
Whether to ...
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Is it possible to get an assistant professor position that does not require doing research?
I know the Lecturer position is a purely teaching role (and can even be obtained with just a Master's degree). However, is the Assistant Professor role necessarily tied with research (or can it also ...
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PhD at same location as undergraduate?
I'm an undergraduate currently. I am looking to pursue a PhD next year. I have an established PI here who I have been working very well with, and we already have, well, probably at least 2 years in ...
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What are assistant professors called in North America?
We've had discussions on this site about the German tradition of Prof. Dr., but I'm unclear on how it maps over to the North American academy.
My question, therefore, is whether a North American ...
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I am starting an assistant professor job this fall. What do you recommend me to do during this summer before a tenure-clock starts? [closed]
The school I will be working at is a low-ranked R1 university.
Some people said, "just enjoy and have fun right now. It would be the last time you would ever have such enough free time".
But others ...
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How frequently do pre-tenured assistant professors switch institutions?
It's interview season. I've noticed that many of the applicants in this round are already assistant professors at other institutions.
Is there any known number or record on how frequently (let's say, ...
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Academic progression in Germany, what happens after a postdoc? What is the next step?
As a follow-up to this question, I am wondering whether or not there are intermediate positions between a postdoc and a tenure in the German academic system.
I was told that there isn't really a ...
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By what title should I greet assistant and associate professors in emails and letters?
By what title should I greet assistant and associate professors in emails and letters? I study in the UK and for post-doctorands up to senior lectures one uses "Dear Dr. X", but for professors one ...
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What is the etymology of "Assistant Professor"?
In the US, "Assistant Professor" is a junior rank among permanent university faculty. Generally, Assistant Professors are independent researchers with more or less the same job responsibilities as ...
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