Assistant or Associate Lecturer or Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Job posting number: #7103838 (Ref:BSU31795)

Posted: June 24, 2022

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

We invite applications for a Nontenure Faculty member to serve as an instructor for Nutrition and Dietetics in the Department of Nutrition and Health Science and to join us in preparing today’s public health and health services workforce. This is a one year contract faculty opportunity.

We seek faculty candidates with a master’s degree or higher in Dietetics, Nutrition Science, or other nutrition-related discipline. Successful candidates should have good interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively and congenially and be skilled in developing and teaching dietetics and nutrition science courses to students with a range of aptitude. Online teaching experience is also desirable as is experience in curriculum development and assessment and holding an RDN credential.

Rank will be at the Assistant or Associate Lecturer level. For candidates who hold a doctorate in a related area, appointment can be considered at the Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor rank. Successful candidates are expected to work on campus in Muncie to allow full engagement with students, department, college, and university colleagues, and the community.

We are interested in candidates who will excite and motivate students of diverse backgrounds, and who will contribute to a campus climate that supports equity, diversity, and inclusion. At Ball State University, inclusiveness is one of our enduring values and informs all our efforts. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience. The position will begin August 19, 2022.

We invite applications for a Nontenure Faculty member to serve as an instructor for Nutrition and Dietetics in the Department of Nutrition and Health Science, and to join us in preparing today’s public health and health services workforce. This is a one year contract faculty opportunity.

The College of Health. A vital health resource for Indiana in preparing health professionals, the College of Health is moving boldly forward in making interprofessional education, practice and research its paradigm across its disciplines. The College offers 32 academic programs in 7 units: Departments of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, and Counseling; Military Science; Nutrition and Health Science; Speech Pathology and Audiology; and Social Work plus the Schools of Nursing and Kinesiology. Our 224 faculty and staff serve nearly 3,000 students. We partner with the communities of East Central Indiana for immersive learning and research. Our Health Professions Building was opened in 2019 with 165,000 square feet and is LEED Gold certified. Our Interprofessional Community Clinics offers a range of health and mental health services by students supervised by faculty as well as community health education and prevention services through the Healthy Lifestyle Center. Our faculty and students contribute to the evidence base for their respective disciplines. Our research footprint features research institutes, including the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and Human Performance Lab. We are committed to inclusive excellence in all we do and intend to contribute to an increasingly diverse health professional workforce to help decrease health care disparities.

The Community. Located in East Central Indiana, Ball State University enjoys a close relationship with the City of Muncie. Many employees extol the virtues of living in this Midwestern college town of 70,000 people, including the friendliness of residents; richness, variation and affordability of neighborhoods; and, ease of a brief commute. Ball State enjoys a pivotal and important relationship with the Muncie Community Schools. The university is also home to the Burris Laboratory School and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities. Muncie offers vibrant cultural events through the Minnetrista center and Ball State’s state of the art facilities in art, music, theater and dance, the David Owsley Museum of Art, and the Marilyn K. Glick Center of Glass. Other cultural and housing opportunities are also found in nearby Indianapolis, the 12th largest city in the U.S. and home to 860,000 people, second in population only to Chicago in the Midwest.

Job Function:

We invite applications for a Nontenure Faculty member to serve as an instructor for Nutrition and Dietetics in the Department of Nutrition and Health Science and to join us in preparing today’s public health and health services workforce. This is a one year contract faculty opportunity.

We seek faculty candidates with a master’s degree or higher in Dietetics, Nutrition Science, or other nutrition-related discipline. Successful candidates should have good interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively and congenially and be skilled in developing and teaching dietetics and nutrition science courses to students with a range of aptitude. Online teaching experience is also desirable as is experience in curriculum development and assessment and holding an RDN credential.

Rank will be at the Assistant or Associate Lecturer level. For candidates who hold a doctorate in a related area, appointment can be considered at the Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor rank. Successful candidates are expected to work on campus in Muncie to allow full engagement with students, department, college, and university colleagues, and the community.

We are interested in candidates who will excite and motivate students of diverse backgrounds, and who will contribute to a campus climate that supports equity, diversity, and inclusion. At Ball State University, inclusiveness is one of our enduring values and informs all our efforts. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience. The position will begin August 19, 2022.

Minimum Experience:

1. MS/MA or PhD in Dietetics, Nutrition Science or other nutrition-related discipline from an accredited institution.
2. At least one year of successful on-campus or online teaching at the university level among students with a range of aptitudes.
3. Effective written communication skills.
4. Effective oral communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

1. More than 1 year of successful campus or online university teaching experience
2. More than 1 year of professional nutrition-related experience
3. Experience in curriculum development.
4. Experience in curriculum assessment.
5. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential


At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.


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Job posting number:#7103838 (Ref:BSU31795)
Application Deadline:Open Until Filled
Employer Location:Ball State University
Muncie,Indiana
United States
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