Assistant Professor in Nutrition - San Marcos, United States - Texas State University

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Posting Information

Position Title Assistant Professor in Nutrition Job Posting Number 202413TTL Job Location San Marcos Department School of Family & Consumer Sciences Position 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 related to research design, biostatistics, nutritional epidemiology; involving undergraduate and graduate students in research related to the areas listed below; 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 our graduate MS in Human Nutrition programs. Collectively, this position includes teaching, scholarship, and professional service. The position is subject to the availability of funds.

Required Qualifications

• Earned PhD or equivalent doctorate degree (with at least 18 graduate hours of coursework in nutrition); ABD candidates will not be considered;
• Experience teaching at an accredited college or university;
• At least one year of postdoctoral research/scholar experience;
• Experience engaging with, creating, or managing large datasets;
• Research with human participants, patients, or clients;
• An active research program related to one or more of the following areas and focusing on dietary patterns and nutrition on individual, community, or population health, mother/child dyad outcomes, or chronic disease;
• Nutrition interventions, including planning, design, implementation, evaluation or analyses of randomized controlled trials, or implementation science;
• Nutrition epidemiology, including analyses of national panel surveys, national cohort studies, large randomized controlled trials, complex or big data;
• Systems or computational biology or analyses of proteomic, metabolomic, transcriptomic, nutrigenomic, nutrigenetic, or microbiome data from diverse biological samples
• Experience writing or co-writing grant applications for external funding;
• Recent publications in impactful journals related to the above-mentioned research topics;

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in nutrition or Public Health
• Registered dietitian credential
• Experience teaching courses as instructor of record at the collegiate level
• Experience teaching research methods, statistics/biostatistics, or epidemiology courses at the graduate level
• Experience applying for federal grants
• Experience securing external funding as a PI, Co-PI, or as the nutrition lead
• Experience mentoring undergraduate or graduate students
• Teaching or research awards received at the graduate or postdoctoral level
• Undergraduate degree in nutrition.

Application Procedures

Only applications submitted through the Texas State University website will be accepted and considered,

To ensure full consideration, please submit the following by January 15, 2024:

• Cover letter that addresses all required and preferred qualifications
• Curriculum Vitae
• Summary of past research accomplishments and plans for future research
• Teaching Philosophy statement
• Unofficial Transcripts
• Contact information for three references

The selected candidate will be required to provide official transcripts from all degree-granting universities.

Proposed Start Date Fall 2024 Posting Date 07/25/2023 Evaluation of Applications Begins

01/16/2024

Full Consideration Date: 01/15/2024 Close Date Open Until Filled? Yes EEO/AA Statement

Texas State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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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.

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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.

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