The phrase "assistant to the associate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a role or position where someone assists an associate in their duties or responsibilities.
Example: "As the assistant to the associate, my primary task is to help manage their schedule and prepare reports."
Alternatives: "aide to the associate" or "support staff for the associate."
I never quite understood what these people did, these academic administrators who come in so many inscrutable flavors deans, provosts, directors, ombudspeople, regents, assistants to the vice associate what-have-you.
In particular, we're trying to come up with ways to support women at the transition from Assistant to Associate Professor, as this is when women in science usually encounter the most difficulties in juggling family and work.
For women, the work week actually grows steadily as they advance from the ranks of assistant to associate to full professor".
In the United States, the academic research path consists of a series of promotions from assistant to associate professor to full professor, followed by subsequent promotions and honors.
But in a whirlwind 48 hours after that conversation, Kansas State hired Martin and promoted Hill, 28, from assistant to associate head coach.
A steering committee consisting of academic student representatives, the Preclerkship Assistant Dean, the Associate Dean for Distributed Learning, and the Undergraduate Medical Education Evaluator was formed to develop the pilot program.
Steinman stayed at Rockefeller for the remainder of his career, moving up the ranks from assistant (1972) to associate (1976) to full (1988) professor.
Mr. Thomas moved in quick succession from assistant conductor to associate conductor to principal guest conductor of the Boston Symphony.
Mr. Grady, 43, was from 1989 to 1993 a deputy assistant to President George Bush and the executive associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
