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professor

noun as in person who teaches college courses

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So says Xu Yuan, a professor of finance at Peking University.

From Quartz

Diana Avila, global head of banking and expansion, TransferWiseA book that had a big impact on me was The Monk and the Riddle, written by Randy Komisar, a professor of mine at Stanford.

From Fortune

The University of North Carolina sociologist and professor has been consistently prescient.

From Ozy

Cathy Cohen is a professor at the University of Chicago where she directs the GenForward Survey, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 young adults ages 18–36.

From Fortune

Michelle Danyluk, a professor of food science at the University of Florida, says it’s “all about perception.”

From Eater

Professor Penelope Leach told The Daily Beast it was ludicrous to monitor young children in that way.

Shakespeare,” said Professor Watson, “wrote a story for each of us and in them we can hear what we want.

A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

A Harvard-educated poet and professor, Linsker was arrested early Sunday morning and released without bail later that day.

Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.

More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.

John Alphonsus Turretini died; professor of ecclesiastical history at Geneva, distinguished for his learning.

Dr. Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded the secret society of the illuminati.

Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.

Philip Limborch died; a Dutch professor of divinity, and author of a history of the inquisition.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to professor, such as: assistant, educator, faculty member, fellow, instructor, and lecturer.

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