The phrase "external professor" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a professor who is not a permanent member of a university or organization, but is invited to teach or conduct research on a temporary or part-time basis. Example: The university invited an external professor to give a guest lecture on environmental science.
Stanger is currently a Scholar in Residence in the Cybersecurity Initiative at New America and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
Ricard V. Solé is research professor and head of the Complex Systems Lab at Pompeu Fabra University and external professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
Melanie Mitchell is Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University, and External Professor and Member of the Science Board at the Santa Fe Institute.
In the current issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, W. Brian Arthur, an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, warns that technology is quickly taking over service jobs, following the waves of automation of farm and factory work.
John H. Holland is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan; he is also Trustee and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
The founders are largely creating the course content themselves, partnering with external professors, engineers and research scientists to "ensure high quality", as they put it.
Following these presentations will be external keynote from Professor Ardem Patapoutian (TSRI/HHMI).
Histories written from internal sources can be less critical than those that rely on external sources, said Professor Louis Galambos, a business historian at Johns Hopkins University and president of the Business History Group, a company in Columbia, Md., that competes with Winthrop.
Cary Cooper is pro vice chancellor for external relations and distinguished professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School.
"Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, cooperation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world," Joseph P. Forgas, a professor of social psychology at the University of New South Wales in Australia, wrote in the study.
He holds a number of external positions including Visiting Professor at the International Hellenic University.
