Description
The School of Family and Consumer Sciences invites applications for one full-time tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor) in Nutrition. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate nutrition courses; involving undergraduate and graduate students in research; obtaining external funding and publishing in peer-reviewed journals; and participating in appropriate service activities. Food science and related research will not be considered.
We seek candidates to support our undergraduate Nutrition and Food (Dietetics) and graduate MS in Human Nutrition programs. Collectively, this position includes teaching, scholarship, and professional service.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
-PhD in Nutrition or closely related field (e.g. Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics);
-At least 18 graduate hours of coursework in Nutrition;
-ABD (All but dissertation) candidates will not be considered;
-Experience teaching at an accredited college or university. Experience as a Teaching Assistant is acceptable;
-An active research program related to nutrition; specifically, the impact of dietary patterns on human health. Food science and product development research will not be considered.
-Experience publishing research or evidence of ability to publish nutrition research in quality journals Applicants must have full-length research article(s) published in peer-reviewed and PubMed/MEDLINE indexed journal(s).
Preferred Qualifications
-At least 1 year of postdoctoral research experience by full consideration date of application (Oct. 15th, 2024);
-Registered dietitian credential;
-Experience engaging with, creating, or managing large datasets;
-Experience with advanced statistical or epidemiological models for analyses;
-Experience conducting research with human participants, patients, or clients which may include primary or secondary data analyses;
-An active research program related to one of the following areas in Nutrition;
o Nutrition interventions, including planning, design, implementation, evaluation or analyses of randomized controlled trials, pragmatic trials, or implementation science trials;
o Nutrition epidemiology, including analyses of national panel surveys, national cohort studies, large randomized controlled trials, multi-level, complex or big data;
o Nutrition policy and programs, including federal food and nutrition assistance programs and capacity building initiative;
o Systems or computational biology or analyses of proteomic, metabolomic, transcriptomic, nutrigenomic, nutrigenetic, or microbiome data from diverse biological samples;
-Record of multiple peer-reviewed research articles related to nutrition published in quality journals indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE;
-Experience teaching courses as the instructor of record at the collegiate level;
-Experience teaching research design/methods, statistics/biostatistics, or epidemiology courses at the graduate level;
-Grant writing experience seeking external funding (e.g., writing, submitting, or securing funding through postdoctoral fellowships, research grants, or contracts);
-Experience mentoring undergraduate or graduate students in research;
-Teaching awards or professional research awards received at the graduate, postdoctoral, or faculty level.
-Other qualifications related to working in accredited dietetics programs.
Application Procedures
Only applications submitted through the Texas State University website will be accepted and considered:https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/49490
To ensure full consideration, please submit the following by October 15, 2024:
1. Cover letter that addresses all required and preferred qualifications
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Transcripts from all degree-granting universities. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable (all in one document).
4. Teaching Philosophy statement
5. Samples of scholarly work/Research, elaborating on past research accomplishments and plans for future research
6. Contact information for three references (requested in the reference section of application)
The selected candidate will be required to provide official transcripts from all degree-granting universities.
Proposed Start Date Fall 2025
Posting Date 09/16/2024
Evaluation of Applications Begins 10/16/2024
Full Consideration Date: 10/15/2024
Close Date 10/15/2024
Open Until Filled? Yes
EEO/AA Statement
Texas State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Reasonable Accommodation
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Record Checks and Verifications
Employment with Texas State University is contingent upon the outcome of record checks and verifications including, but not limited to, criminal history, driving records, education records, employment verifications, reference checks, and employment eligibility verifications.
Eligibility for Employment
Proper documentation of identity and eligibility for employment will be required before the hiring process can be completed.
Why Work at Texas State?
Texas State University is home to more than 38,000 students and 2,000 faculty members in the growing Austin-San Antonio corridor. A member of the Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity Carnegie classification, the university creates new knowledge, fosters cultural and economic development, and prepares its growing population of diverse students for the endless possibilities that await them as citizens of Texas, the nation, and the world.
Bolstered by research with relevance and innovation in creative and scholarly work in a full range of academic disciplines and a spirit of inclusiveness, Texas State seeks outstanding candidates for a variety of faculty positions.
