Job Details

Open Rank Professor - Community Nutrition

Position Number: 6114926
Location: Lubbock, TX
Position Type: Health - Nutrition & Dietetics

Open Rank Professor - Community Nutrition

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Position DescriptionThe Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenured/tenure-track, Open Rank Professor to begin Fall 2025.

Position Description
The Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenured/tenure-track, Open Rank Professor to begin Fall 2025.

Major/Essential Functions
In line with TTU's strategic priorities to engage and empower a diverse student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels within individual or across the areas of teaching, research/creative activity, and service.

Required Qualifications

An earned doctorate in nutrition, public health, health policy, dietetics or related disciplines
Demonstrated record of effective teaching at the college level, commensurate with rank
Demonstrated record of receiving extramural research grants, commensurate with rank
Demonstrated record of collaborative research projects about nutrition in human health
Demonstrated record of peer reviewed publications, commensurate with rank

Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the required qualifications, individuals with the following preferred qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:

Demonstrated record of collaborative research projects in community nutrition, public health nutrition or nutrition-related health policy
Research focus on the impact of nutrition on health of human population, or the relationship between nutrition and human health
Experience with implementing and evaluating community outreach programs such as extension services in the United States and/or Texas
Extramural funding received as principal investigator, commensurate with rank
Peer reviewed publications in high visibility journals as principal author (first or last author or corresponding author), commensurate with rank
Impactful and independent contribution to the field of expertise as demonstrated by h index, manuscript citations, impact on community health, or similar measures, commensurate with rank

Special Instructions to Applicant
Please include the following documents in your application:

Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Statement
Research Statement
List of at least three references

To apply, visit workattexastech.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.