Position Title:
Assistant Clinical Lecturer or Assistant Clinical Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics
Compensation:
$60,000 - $65,000
Department:
Dept of Nutrition & Health Science
Start Date:
08/16/2027
About this opportunity:
The Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences welcomes applications for a non-tenure line vacancy, Assistant Clinical Lecturer/Assistant Clinical Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.
Rank will be at the Assistant Clinical Lecturer level. For candidates who hold a doctorate in a related area, appointment can be considered at the Assistant Clinical Professor rank.
Faculty are expected to be regularly present on campus to engage with students, colleagues, and community. Position begins August 01, 2027. Classes begin Monday, August 23, 2027.
As the College of Health celebrates a decade of academic achievements within Ball State University, Nutrition and Health Science, its youngest department, seeks dynamic new faculty to help shape the future of healthcare, through teaching, research and service.
Ball State University is one of just 11 institutions in the country, and the only one in Indiana to hold Carnegie’s “Triple Crown of classifications, i.e., named an Opportunity College and University, designated a Doctoral University with High Research Activity (R2), and earned the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement. Together, these recognitions reflect the University’s commitment to student success, academic excellence, and real-world impact.
At the Ball State University College of Health, we graduate health professionals who are clinically knowledgeable, and ready to collaborate on interprofessional teams. Our research embraces interdisciplinarity, laboratory science, clinical science, data science, and community engagement.
We invite applications for Assistant Clinical Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics in the Department of Nutrition and Health Science to join us in preparing today’s nutrition, public health and health services workforce.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES:
The Department houses accredited undergraduate majors in dietetics, public health, respiratory therapy and radiography, minors in public health, nutrition, and workplace wellness, graduate programs in Nutrition and Dietetics, and Health Science with a track in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and an accredited Dietetic Internship. Our programs serve 280 degree-seeking students and are supported by 35 full- and part-time faculty. Additionally, the Department developed and offers classes in a Health Data Analytics concentration in the Data Analytics undergraduate major in the College of Sciences and Humanities.
The Department also offers popular courses on health and nutrition issues that extend our reach well beyond majors and drive total students instructed to among the top 3 departments in the university. We embrace this extraordinary opportunity to educate and improve health of all Ball State University undergraduates. Our undergraduate dietetics program includes training in state-of-the-art simulation facilities, located throughout two floors of the Health Professions Building.
Our undergraduate public health program provides a unique opportunity for students to fully engage in the regional community and beyond as they intern at a public health agency full time during their final semester. These and other activities help us contribute to the greater university goal 1 undergraduate excellence and innovation, strategic priorities D, “Our core curriculum incorporates innovative pedagogy, transdisciplinary approaches to learning and problem-solving, and the development of cultural competencies, global awareness, and transferable skills so that our graduates are prepared for a fulfilling career and a meaningful life in the 21st century; goal 3D, “We collaborate with external partners to…